Work & commute · Seiling

Work & commute in Seiling, OK

Most working residents leave Seiling for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (12%), Taloga (3%) and Isabella (3%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

37 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 350 Seiling residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seiling.

350live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seiling goes to work

Oklahoma City91.9 mi away

12%46

Seiling (in town)right here

10%37

Taloga7.5 mi away

3%13

Isabella34 mi away

3%11

Watonga35.7 mi away

3%10

Thomas29.5 mi away

2%8

Tulsa168.7 mi away

2%8

Enid61.5 mi away

2%8

Wichita, KS137.8 mi away

2%7

Canton19.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%232

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

How far

How far Seiling commutes

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

23%

22%

48%

23%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seiling is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seiling are

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

Jobs based in Seiling

342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Seiling residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−20%

Jobs based in Seiling, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 342. 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.