Work & commute · Lahoma

Work & commute in Lahoma, OK

Most working residents leave Lahoma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Enid (55%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Tulsa (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 180 Lahoma residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lahoma.

180live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lahoma goes to work

Enid12.3 mi away

55%101

Oklahoma City71.3 mi away

10%18

Tulsa123.2 mi away

5%9

Hennessey22.2 mi away

2%4

Stillwater59.3 mi away

2%4

Lahoma (in town)right here

1%2

Covington28.6 mi away

1%2

Ringwood8.3 mi away

1%2

Chickasha93.4 mi away

1%2

Shawnee94.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%36

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

How far

How far Lahoma commutes

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

15%

50%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lahoma is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lahoma are

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

Jobs based in Lahoma

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lahoma residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−37%

Jobs based in Lahoma, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 70. 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.