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Work & commute in Sumner · A commuter town

100% of Sumner’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Perry (36%), Stillwater (21%) and Tonkawa (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 14 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than OK (9%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Sumner?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

36% of working residents work in Perry

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Tonkawa: 1 residents work here (7%)Perry: 5 residents work here (36%)Ponca City: 1 residents work here (7%)Stillwater: 3 residents work here (21%)Enid: 1 residents work here (7%)Oklahoma City: 1 residents work here (7%)SumnerPerryStillwaterTonkawaPonca CityEnidOklahoma CitySumner
1
Perry10.9 mi away
36%5
2
Stillwater13.1 mi away
21%3
3
Tonkawa26.7 mi away
7%1
4
Ponca City27.9 mi away
7%1
5
Enid42.3 mi away
7%1
6
Oklahoma City62.8 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%2
The top trips

Where Sumner clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Sumner quiets down on a workday

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night9
Workday0
9live here− 14head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Sumner on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Sumner commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miPerry: 36% · 10.9 miStillwater: 21% · 13.1 miTonkawa: 7% · 26.7 miPonca City: 7% · 27.9 miEnid: 7% · 42.3 miOklahoma City: 7% · 62.8 miPerry 36%Stillwater 21%Tonkawa 7%Ponca City 7%Enid 7%Sumner
SumnerTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi1 residents
57%10–24 mi8 residents
29%25–50 mi4 residents
7%Over 50 mi1 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Sumner

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Sumner workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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