Work & commute · Midwest

Work & commute in Midwest, OK

Most working residents leave Midwest for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (58%), Norman (4%) and Edmond (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,723 of 23,333 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,610 Midwest residents head out of town to work, 2,723 work right here, and 13,518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midwest.

20,610live here, work elsewhere

2,723live and work here

13,518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midwest goes to work

Oklahoma City7.8 mi away

58%13,545

Midwest City (in town)right here

12%2,723

Norman15.2 mi away

4%921

Edmond15 mi away

3%744

Tulsa94.6 mi away

3%711

Moore10.6 mi away

2%496

Choctaw6.2 mi away

1%329

Del City3.8 mi away

1%312

Stillwater49.4 mi away

1%160

Shawnee24.3 mi away

1%154

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%3,238

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

How far

How far Midwest commutes

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

44%

43%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midwest is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Midwest are

16,241 jobs are based in Midwest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midwest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midwest

16,241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Midwest residents hold

23,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Midwest, 2013 → 2023: 16,642 → 16,241. 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.