Work & commute · Medford

Work & commute in Medford, OK

Most working residents leave Medford for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Enid (7%) and Lamont (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

71 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 332 Medford residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medford.

332live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medford goes to work

Medford (in town)right here

18%71

Oklahoma City93.2 mi away

10%41

Enid28.4 mi away

7%29

Lamont12.6 mi away

4%18

Wichita, KS64.9 mi away

4%17

Ponca City37.6 mi away

4%16

Wakita11.6 mi away

3%11

Pond Creek10 mi away

2%10

Deer Creek12.1 mi away

2%8

Anthony, KS29.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%177

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

How far

How far Medford commutes

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

22%

18%

22%

39%

22%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medford are

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

Jobs based in Medford

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Medford residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+5%

Jobs based in Medford, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 348. 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.