Work & commute · Lindsay

Work & commute in Lindsay, OK

About one in 3 of Lindsay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (7%), Norman (4%) and Pauls Valley (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

329 of 1,045 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 716 Lindsay residents head out of town to work, 329 work right here, and 911 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindsay.

716live here, work elsewhere

329live and work here

911work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindsay goes to work

Lindsay (in town)right here

31%329

Oklahoma City43.6 mi away

7%78

Norman31.4 mi away

4%44

Pauls Valley23.7 mi away

3%34

Ardmore52.2 mi away

3%27

Duncan31.8 mi away

2%22

Ada53.6 mi away

2%17

Blanchard21.8 mi away

1%15

Maysville13.5 mi away

1%14

Purcell18.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%451

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

How far

How far Lindsay commutes

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

43%

15%

19%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindsay is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindsay are

1,240 jobs are based in Lindsay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindsay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindsay

1,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lindsay residents hold

1,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−26%

Jobs based in Lindsay, 2013 → 2023: 1,667 → 1,240. 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.