Work & commute · Pond Creek

Work & commute in Pond Creek, OK

Most working residents leave Pond Creek for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Enid (20%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Medford (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

51 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 355 Pond Creek residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pond Creek.

355live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pond Creek goes to work

Enid18.4 mi away

20%82

Pond Creek (in town)right here

13%51

Oklahoma City84.5 mi away

9%35

Medford10 mi away

5%21

Wichita, KS74.9 mi away

3%14

Nash13.8 mi away

2%10

Stillwater54.9 mi away

2%9

Lamont13.6 mi away

2%7

Garden City, KS190.3 mi away

1%5

Boise City260.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%167

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

How far

How far Pond Creek commutes

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

15%

35%

41%

15%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pond Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pond Creek are

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

Jobs based in Pond Creek

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pond Creek residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+107%

Jobs based in Pond Creek, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 317. 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.