Work & commute · Snyder

Work & commute in Snyder, OK

Most working residents leave Snyder for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Altus (13%), Lawton (13%) and Oklahoma City (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

46 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 323 Snyder residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snyder.

323live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snyder goes to work

Altus20.2 mi away

13%48

Lawton30.4 mi away

13%47

Snyder (in town)right here

12%46

Oklahoma City98.9 mi away

8%29

Roosevelt13.9 mi away

5%17

Lone Wolf28.5 mi away

5%17

Elk City57.4 mi away

4%13

Hobart26.6 mi away

3%10

Mangum34.8 mi away

2%6

New Cordell44.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%131

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

How far

How far Snyder commutes

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

13%

24%

28%

35%

13%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snyder is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Snyder are

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

Jobs based in Snyder

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Snyder residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−17%

Jobs based in Snyder, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 213. 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.