Work & commute · Seminole

Work & commute in Seminole, OK

About one in 4 of Seminole’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (11%), Shawnee (7%) and Tulsa (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

858 of 3,089 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,231 Seminole residents head out of town to work, 858 work right here, and 2,733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seminole.

2,231live here, work elsewhere

858live and work here

2,733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seminole goes to work

Seminole (in town)right here

28%858

Oklahoma City51.3 mi away

11%341

Shawnee19.6 mi away

7%223

Tulsa74.6 mi away

5%143

Wewoka10.7 mi away

3%99

Norman39.3 mi away

2%69

Ada32.3 mi away

2%67

Holdenville17.5 mi away

2%52

Stillwater66.4 mi away

1%37

Edmond52.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,163

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

How far

How far Seminole commutes

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

35%

19%

14%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seminole is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seminole are

3,591 jobs are based in Seminole. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seminole’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seminole

3,591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Seminole residents hold

3,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−13%

Jobs based in Seminole, 2013 → 2023: 4,145 → 3,591. 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.