Work & commute · Pauls Valley

Work & commute in Pauls Valley, OK

About one in 3 of Pauls Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (5%), Ardmore (5%) and Ada (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

827 of 2,294 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,467 Pauls Valley residents head out of town to work, 827 work right here, and 3,098 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pauls Valley.

1,467live here, work elsewhere

827live and work here

3,098work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pauls Valley goes to work

Pauls Valley (in town)right here

36%827

Oklahoma City54.8 mi away

5%119

Ardmore35.9 mi away

5%107

Ada31.8 mi away

5%104

Norman37.3 mi away

4%88

Wynnewood5.8 mi away

3%80

Davis19.6 mi away

2%41

Purcell23.3 mi away

2%37

Tulsa123 mi away

1%34

Duncan44.8 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%829

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

How far

How far Pauls Valley commutes

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

44%

11%

24%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pauls Valley is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pauls Valley are

3,925 jobs are based in Pauls Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pauls Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pauls Valley

3,925 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pauls Valley residents hold

2,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+5%

Jobs based in Pauls Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,749 → 3,925. 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.