Work & commute · Laverne

Work & commute in Laverne, OK

About one in 5 of Laverne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Woodward (8%), Oklahoma City (7%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

104 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 415 Laverne residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laverne.

415live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laverne goes to work

Laverne (in town)right here

20%104

Woodward33.5 mi away

8%40

Oklahoma City158.2 mi away

7%35

Wichita, KS155.9 mi away

3%13

Buffalo16.7 mi away

2%10

Amarillo, TX150 mi away

2%10

Beaver35.5 mi away

1%7

Shattuck30.4 mi away

1%7

Guymon87.6 mi away

1%7

Moore165.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%279

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

How far

How far Laverne commutes

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

33%

15%

44%

33%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laverne is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laverne are

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

Jobs based in Laverne

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Laverne residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Laverne, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 262. 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.