Work & commute · Sentinel

Work & commute in Sentinel, OK

Most working residents leave Sentinel for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New Cordell (9%), Elk City (9%) and Oklahoma City (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 194 Sentinel residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sentinel.

194live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sentinel goes to work

New Cordell14.4 mi away

9%20

Elk City21.6 mi away

9%20

Sentinel (in town)right here

9%19

Oklahoma City96 mi away

8%17

Clinton26.8 mi away

4%9

Altus35.4 mi away

4%9

Hobart10.4 mi away

4%8

Weatherford38.1 mi away

3%7

Burns Flat13.7 mi away

3%6

Lawton56.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%94

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

How far

How far Sentinel commutes

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

17%

32%

19%

32%

17%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sentinel is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sentinel are

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

Jobs based in Sentinel

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sentinel residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−16%

Jobs based in Sentinel, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 118. 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.