Work & commute · Sayre

Work & commute in Sayre, OK

About one in 4 of Sayre’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elk City (16%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Clinton (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

326 of 1,189 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 863 Sayre residents head out of town to work, 326 work right here, and 579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sayre.

863live here, work elsewhere

326live and work here

579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sayre goes to work

Sayre (in town)right here

27%326

Elk City13 mi away

16%187

Oklahoma City119.7 mi away

11%133

Clinton39.8 mi away

2%23

Tulsa216.8 mi away

2%23

Weatherford55.7 mi away

2%19

Norman128.8 mi away

2%18

Cheyenne22 mi away

1%15

Enid124.9 mi away

1%13

Lawton82.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%419

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

How far

How far Sayre commutes

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

31%

22%

40%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sayre is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sayre are

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

Jobs based in Sayre

905 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Sayre residents hold

1,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−44%

Jobs based in Sayre, 2013 → 2023: 1,617 → 905. 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.