Work & commute · Shawnee

Work & commute in Shawnee, OK

About one in 3 of Shawnee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (22%), Norman (3%) and Tulsa (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

3,388 of 11,882 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 8,494 Shawnee residents head out of town to work, 3,388 work right here, and 9,996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawnee.

8,494live here, work elsewhere

3,388live and work here

9,996work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawnee goes to work

Shawnee (in town)right here

29%3,388

Oklahoma City32.1 mi away

22%2,653

Norman23.7 mi away

3%387

Tulsa79 mi away

3%346

Seminole19.6 mi away

2%219

Tecumseh7.4 mi away

2%187

Edmond33.2 mi away

1%166

Midwest City24.3 mi away

1%165

Stillwater53.1 mi away

1%137

McLoud9.4 mi away

1%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,109

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

How far

How far Shawnee commutes

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

44%

35%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawnee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawnee are

13,384 jobs are based in Shawnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shawnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shawnee

13,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Shawnee residents hold

11,882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−3%

Jobs based in Shawnee, 2013 → 2023: 13,746 → 13,384. 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.