Work & commute · Kingfisher

Work & commute in Kingfisher, OK

About one in 3 of Kingfisher’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (17%), El Reno (3%) and Edmond (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

715 of 2,255 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,540 Kingfisher residents head out of town to work, 715 work right here, and 1,767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingfisher.

1,540live here, work elsewhere

715live and work here

1,767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingfisher goes to work

Kingfisher (in town)right here

32%715

Oklahoma City35.4 mi away

17%386

El Reno21 mi away

3%67

Edmond31.8 mi away

3%59

Okarche8.5 mi away

3%57

Enid39 mi away

2%56

Norman53.5 mi away

2%36

Stillwater52.3 mi away

1%31

Hennessey18.2 mi away

1%26

Dover9.6 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%799

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

How far

How far Kingfisher commutes

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

42%

10%

30%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingfisher is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingfisher are

2,482 jobs are based in Kingfisher. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingfisher’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingfisher

2,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kingfisher residents hold

2,255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+8%

Jobs based in Kingfisher, 2013 → 2023: 2,295 → 2,482. 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.