Work & commute · Okarche

Work & commute in Okarche, OK

Most working residents leave Okarche for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (38%), Kingfisher (7%) and El Reno (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 512 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 485 Okarche residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okarche.

485live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okarche goes to work

Oklahoma City31.5 mi away

38%192

Kingfisher8.5 mi away

7%36

El Reno12.7 mi away

6%31

Okarche (in town)right here

5%27

Cashion17.6 mi away

4%18

Edmond31.8 mi away

3%13

Yukon18.5 mi away

2%12

Tulsa119.3 mi away

2%10

Enid47.5 mi away

2%10

Wichita, KS140.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%157

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

How far

How far Okarche commutes

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

13%

25%

42%

20%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okarche is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Okarche are

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

Jobs based in Okarche

793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Okarche residents hold

512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−57%

Jobs based in Okarche, 2013 → 2023: 1,843 → 793. 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.