Work & commute · Ponca

Work & commute in Ponca, OK

About one in 3 of Ponca’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (9%), Tulsa (3%) and Stillwater (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

3,512 of 8,905 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 5,393 Ponca residents head out of town to work, 3,512 work right here, and 4,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponca.

5,393live here, work elsewhere

3,512live and work here

4,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponca goes to work

Ponca City (in town)right here

39%3,512

Oklahoma City90.1 mi away

9%841

Tulsa76.6 mi away

3%281

Stillwater40.7 mi away

3%265

Enid49.6 mi away

2%188

Blackwell14.2 mi away

2%151

White Eagle6.5 mi away

2%151

Tonkawa14.2 mi away

1%131

Newkirk11.2 mi away

1%114

Arkansas City, KS24.5 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,158

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

How far

How far Ponca commutes

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

50%

11%

32%

50%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponca is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponca are

7,892 jobs are based in Ponca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ponca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ponca

7,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ponca residents hold

8,905 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Ponca, 2013 → 2023: 8,295 → 7,892. 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.