Work & commute · Mangum

Work & commute in Mangum, OK

About one in 3 of Mangum’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Altus (15%), Oklahoma City (8%) and Elk City (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

253 of 865 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 612 Mangum residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mangum.

612live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mangum goes to work

Mangum (in town)right here

29%253

Altus18.9 mi away

15%130

Oklahoma City119.5 mi away

8%70

Elk City35.6 mi away

4%38

Lawton64.1 mi away

4%31

Granite9.2 mi away

3%24

Weatherford64.9 mi away

1%12

Sayre29.7 mi away

1%11

Hobart25.6 mi away

1%9

Tulsa220.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%278

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

How far

How far Mangum commutes

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

36%

20%

10%

35%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mangum is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mangum are

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

Jobs based in Mangum

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mangum residents hold

865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−32%

Jobs based in Mangum, 2013 → 2023: 738 → 503. 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.