Work & commute · Leedey

Work & commute in Leedey, OK

Most working residents leave Leedey for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Taloga (7%) and Wichita (4%). Half commute less than 80 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

80 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 209 Leedey residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leedey.

209live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leedey goes to work

Oklahoma City106.5 mi away

10%23

Leedey (in town)right here

7%15

Taloga24.4 mi away

7%15

Wichita, KS167.4 mi away

4%10

Clinton32.6 mi away

4%10

Seiling30.2 mi away

4%9

Elk City33.4 mi away

4%8

Lawton100.9 mi away

3%7

Vici19.5 mi away

3%6

Enid90.3 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%115

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

How far

How far Leedey commutes

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

13%

24%

57%

7%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leedey is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leedey are

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

Jobs based in Leedey

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Leedey residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−75%

Jobs based in Leedey, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 139. 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.