Work & commute · Jones

Work & commute in Jones, OK

Most working residents leave Jones for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (56%), Edmond (6%) and Midwest City (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 1,216 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,143 Jones residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jones.

1,143live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jones goes to work

Oklahoma City14.4 mi away

56%684

Edmond10.2 mi away

6%78

Jones (in town)right here

6%73

Midwest City8.9 mi away

3%39

Choctaw5.7 mi away

3%32

Tulsa86.8 mi away

2%30

Norman22.8 mi away

2%27

Moore19.5 mi away

2%20

Harrah8.9 mi away

1%14

Warr Acres18.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%207

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Jones commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

66%

10%

18%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jones is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jones are

571 jobs are based in Jones. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jones’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jones

571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Jones residents hold

1,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Jones, 2013 → 2023: 523 → 571. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.