Work & commute · Nicoma Park

Work & commute in Nicoma Park, OK

Most working residents leave Nicoma Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (53%), Midwest City (8%) and Choctaw (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 883 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 867 Nicoma Park residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicoma Park.

867live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicoma Park goes to work

Oklahoma City10.8 mi away

53%468

Midwest City3.6 mi away

8%75

Choctaw3.1 mi away

6%49

Edmond13.5 mi away

4%34

Tulsa91 mi away

4%31

Norman17.4 mi away

3%29

Nicoma Park (in town)right here

2%16

Moore14.1 mi away

2%15

Del City7.2 mi away

1%11

Stillwater46.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%146

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

How far

How far Nicoma Park commutes

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

30%

56%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicoma Park is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicoma Park are

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

Jobs based in Nicoma Park

420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Nicoma Park residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Nicoma Park, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 420. 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.