Work & commute · Ringling

Work & commute in Ringling, OK

Most working residents leave Ringling for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ardmore (19%), Oklahoma City (14%) and Duncan (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 273 Ringling residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringling.

273live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringling goes to work

Ardmore26.3 mi away

19%57

Oklahoma City89.2 mi away

14%41

Ringling (in town)right here

8%23

Duncan29.8 mi away

4%12

Healdton7 mi away

4%11

Wichita Falls, TX56.7 mi away

3%10

Norman74.8 mi away

3%9

Ratliff City19.5 mi away

2%6

Lone Grove19.3 mi away

2%6

Lawton56.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%117

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

How far

How far Ringling commutes

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

23%

16%

19%

42%

23%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringling is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringling are

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

Jobs based in Ringling

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ringling residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−33%

Jobs based in Ringling, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 104. 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.