Work & commute · Rocky

Work & commute in Rocky, OK

Most working residents leave Rocky for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Cordell (12%), Sentinel (10%) and Oklahoma City (10%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 48 Rocky residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky.

48live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky goes to work

New Cordell10.6 mi away

12%6

Sentinel6.4 mi away

10%5

Oklahoma City89.8 mi away

10%5

Clinton24.7 mi away

6%3

Elk City26.3 mi away

6%3

Burns Flat15.2 mi away

4%2

Erick45.9 mi away

4%2

The Village89.3 mi away

4%2

Weatherford33.8 mi away

4%2

Lawton51.9 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%17

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

How far

How far Rocky commutes

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

18%

24%

20%

37%

18%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky are

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

Jobs based in Rocky

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rocky residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−65%

Jobs based in Rocky, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 15. 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.