Work & commute · Noble

Work & commute in Noble, OK

Most working residents leave Noble for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (31%), Norman (26%) and Moore (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

292 of 2,960 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,668 Noble residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 1,033 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Noble.

2,668live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

1,033work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Noble goes to work

Oklahoma City24.3 mi away

31%915

Norman7.4 mi away

26%757

Noble (in town)right here

10%292

Moore14.6 mi away

4%106

Tulsa107.3 mi away

2%73

Goldsby6.6 mi away

2%47

Purcell7.7 mi away

1%41

Midwest City22.4 mi away

1%35

Edmond37.3 mi away

1%34

Slaughterville5.7 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%631

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

How far

How far Noble commutes

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

42%

27%

20%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Noble is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Noble are

1,325 jobs are based in Noble. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Noble’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Noble

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Noble residents hold

2,960 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+2%

Jobs based in Noble, 2013 → 2023: 1,303 → 1,325. 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.