Work & commute · Roosevelt

Work & commute in Roosevelt, OK

Most working residents leave Roosevelt for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lawton (22%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Altus (10%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 78 Roosevelt residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roosevelt.

78live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roosevelt goes to work

Lawton37.7 mi away

22%18

Oklahoma City95.3 mi away

11%9

Altus21 mi away

10%8

Snyder13.9 mi away

8%7

Roosevelt (in town)right here

6%5

Fort Cobb37.5 mi away

2%2

Hobart12.7 mi away

2%2

Anadarko46.5 mi away

2%2

Clinton45.6 mi away

2%2

Woodward111 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%26

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

How far

How far Roosevelt commutes

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

24%

35%

6%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roosevelt is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roosevelt are

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

Jobs based in Roosevelt

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Roosevelt residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+252%

Jobs based in Roosevelt, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 81. 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.