Work & commute · Sulphur

Work & commute in Sulphur, OK

About one in 4 of Sulphur’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ardmore (9%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Ada (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

462 of 1,954 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,492 Sulphur residents head out of town to work, 462 work right here, and 1,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sulphur.

1,492live here, work elsewhere

462live and work here

1,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sulphur goes to work

Sulphur (in town)right here

24%462

Ardmore22.6 mi away

9%174

Oklahoma City73.1 mi away

6%115

Ada25.8 mi away

5%107

Davis11.8 mi away

4%74

Norman55 mi away

3%54

Tulsa128 mi away

2%35

Pauls Valley19.8 mi away

2%33

Wynnewood14 mi away

1%24

Duncan55.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%854

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

How far

How far Sulphur commutes

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

36%

17%

14%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sulphur is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sulphur are

2,102 jobs are based in Sulphur. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sulphur’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sulphur

2,102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sulphur residents hold

1,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−14%

Jobs based in Sulphur, 2013 → 2023: 2,445 → 2,102. 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.