Work & commute · Mustang

Work & commute in Mustang, OK

Most working residents leave Mustang for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (58%), Norman (4%) and Yukon (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

831 of 9,125 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,294 Mustang residents head out of town to work, 831 work right here, and 4,649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mustang.

8,294live here, work elsewhere

831live and work here

4,649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mustang goes to work

Oklahoma City13.1 mi away

58%5,275

Mustang (in town)right here

9%831

Norman24 mi away

4%335

Yukon8.9 mi away

3%230

Tulsa114.2 mi away

2%215

Edmond26.2 mi away

2%176

El Reno16.7 mi away

2%157

Moore14.9 mi away

2%150

Midwest City20.4 mi away

1%129

Bethany9.2 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%1,534

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

How far

How far Mustang commutes

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

33%

51%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mustang is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mustang are

5,480 jobs are based in Mustang. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mustang’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mustang

5,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Mustang residents hold

9,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+26%

Jobs based in Mustang, 2013 → 2023: 4,345 → 5,480. 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.