Work & commute · Optima

Work & commute in Optima, OK

Most working residents leave Optima for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Guymon (40%), Goodwell (11%) and Hardesty (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 93 Optima residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Optima.

93live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Optima goes to work

Guymon8.6 mi away

40%37

Goodwell19 mi away

11%10

Hardesty13.3 mi away

4%4

Altus185 mi away

3%3

Tulsa305.8 mi away

3%3

Liberal, KS30.5 mi away

2%2

Kingfisher200.1 mi away

2%2

Olathe, CO384.4 mi away

1%1

Hugoton, KS28.6 mi away

1%1

Hooker10.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%29

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

How far

How far Optima commutes

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

46%

22%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Optima 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 Optima are

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

Jobs based in Optima

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Optima residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−71%

Jobs based in Optima, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 42. 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.