Work & commute · Okeene

Work & commute in Okeene, OK

About one in 3 of Okeene’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Enid (3%) and Fairview (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

171 of 579 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 408 Okeene residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okeene.

408live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okeene goes to work

Okeene (in town)right here

30%171

Oklahoma City63.6 mi away

10%60

Enid31.9 mi away

3%19

Fairview13.9 mi away

3%17

Wichita, KS121.1 mi away

3%16

Canton15.8 mi away

2%11

Norman81.5 mi away

2%10

Shawnee92.1 mi away

2%9

Hennessey23.4 mi away

1%8

Guymon180.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%250

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

How far

How far Okeene commutes

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

37%

12%

10%

41%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okeene is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Okeene are

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

Jobs based in Okeene

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Okeene residents hold

579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−27%

Jobs based in Okeene, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 585. 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.