Work & commute · Ratliff

Work & commute in Ratliff, OK

Most working residents leave Ratliff for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Ada (9%), Tulsa (9%) and Kiowa (4%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4 of 23 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 19 Ratliff residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ratliff.

19live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ratliff goes to work

Ratliff City (in town)right here

17%4

Ada52.9 mi away

9%2

Tulsa147.3 mi away

9%2

Kiowa93.7 mi away

4%1

Atoka79.1 mi away

4%1

Bixby138.6 mi away

4%1

Foster10.7 mi away

4%1

Duncan25.3 mi away

4%1

Stillwater118.7 mi away

4%1

Lawton52.7 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%8

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

How far

How far Ratliff commutes

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

26%

13%

57%

26%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ratliff is a job hub

12.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ratliff are

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

Jobs based in Ratliff

295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Ratliff residents hold

23 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−28%

Jobs based in Ratliff, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 295. 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.