Work & commute · Stroud

Work & commute in Stroud, OK

About one in 5 of Stroud’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (15%), Chandler (5%) and Cushing (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

223 of 1,060 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 837 Stroud residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 967 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stroud.

837live here, work elsewhere

223live and work here

967work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stroud goes to work

Stroud (in town)right here

21%223

Oklahoma City52.8 mi away

15%163

Chandler11.1 mi away

5%50

Cushing15.9 mi away

4%46

Stillwater34.5 mi away

3%37

Tulsa48.6 mi away

3%30

Davenport7.6 mi away

3%29

Shawnee32.5 mi away

2%23

Norman53.5 mi away

2%21

Bristow15 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%419

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

How far

How far Stroud commutes

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

32%

19%

20%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stroud is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stroud are

1,190 jobs are based in Stroud. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stroud’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stroud

1,190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Stroud residents hold

1,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Stroud, 2013 → 2023: 1,578 → 1,190. 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.