Work & commute · Marlow

Work & commute in Marlow, OK

Most working residents leave Marlow for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Duncan (29%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Lawton (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

247 of 1,733 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,486 Marlow residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 1,415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlow.

1,486live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

1,415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlow goes to work

Duncan10.3 mi away

29%497

Marlow (in town)right here

14%247

Oklahoma City63 mi away

11%194

Lawton26.4 mi away

9%148

Chickasha28.3 mi away

3%44

Bray8.1 mi away

2%27

Tulsa155.2 mi away

2%26

Central High7.6 mi away

1%22

Norman54.5 mi away

1%20

Ardmore55.8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%489

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

How far

How far Marlow commutes

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

35%

19%

16%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlow 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 Marlow are

1,662 jobs are based in Marlow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlow

1,662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Marlow residents hold

1,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+21%

Jobs based in Marlow, 2013 → 2023: 1,379 → 1,662. 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.