Work & commute · Langston

Work & commute in Langston, OK

Most working residents leave Langston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (27%), Guthrie (8%) and Edmond (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 272 Langston residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Langston.

272live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Langston goes to work

Oklahoma City34.6 mi away

27%76

Guthrie8.2 mi away

8%23

Edmond19.3 mi away

7%20

Tulsa78.1 mi away

6%17

Langston (in town)right here

5%13

Stillwater18 mi away

4%12

Midwest City33 mi away

2%6

Norman47.8 mi away

2%6

Enid46.5 mi away

2%6

Lawton111.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%102

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

How far

How far Langston commutes

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

22%

41%

28%

9%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Langston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Langston are

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

Jobs based in Langston

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Langston residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+2008%

Jobs based in Langston, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 274. 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.