Work & commute · Purcell

Work & commute in Purcell, OK

Most working residents leave Purcell for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (25%), Norman (16%) and Goldsby (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

373 of 2,633 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,260 Purcell residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 1,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Purcell.

2,260live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

1,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Purcell goes to work

Oklahoma City31.6 mi away

25%651

Norman15.1 mi away

16%412

Purcell (in town)right here

14%373

Goldsby9.4 mi away

4%99

Tulsa112.5 mi away

2%61

Moore21.8 mi away

2%54

Pauls Valley23.3 mi away

2%47

Edmond45 mi away

2%46

Lexington2.2 mi away

1%34

Newcastle19.6 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%824

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

How far

How far Purcell commutes

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

23%

30%

35%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Purcell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Purcell are

2,252 jobs are based in Purcell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Purcell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Purcell

2,252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Purcell residents hold

2,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−19%

Jobs based in Purcell, 2013 → 2023: 2,777 → 2,252. 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.