Work & commute · Stillwater

Work & commute in Stillwater, OK

48% of Stillwater’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (12%), Tulsa (6%) and Perry (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

8,818 of 18,339 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,521 Stillwater residents head out of town to work, 8,818 work right here, and 17,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stillwater.

9,521live here, work elsewhere

8,818live and work here

17,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stillwater goes to work

Stillwater (in town)right here

48%8,818

Oklahoma City52.1 mi away

12%2,161

Tulsa65.4 mi away

6%1,127

Perry16.6 mi away

2%320

Edmond36.9 mi away

2%283

Norman63.4 mi away

1%274

Enid48.2 mi away

1%194

Broken Arrow72.3 mi away

1%190

Ponca City40.7 mi away

1%180

Perkins10.8 mi away

1%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,635

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

How far

How far Stillwater commutes

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

51%

11%

33%

51%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stillwater is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stillwater are

25,984 jobs are based in Stillwater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stillwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stillwater

25,984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Stillwater residents hold

18,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+21%

Jobs based in Stillwater, 2013 → 2023: 21,405 → 25,984. 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.