Work & commute · Taloga

Work & commute in Taloga, OK

Most working residents leave Taloga for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (11%), Woodward (7%) and Leedey (6%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 156 Taloga residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taloga.

156live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taloga goes to work

Oklahoma City90.5 mi away

11%19

Taloga (in town)right here

8%14

Woodward36.2 mi away

7%12

Leedey24.4 mi away

6%10

Elk City52 mi away

4%6

Clinton36.8 mi away

3%5

Wichita, KS144.8 mi away

2%4

Seiling7.5 mi away

2%3

Enid66 mi away

2%3

Edmond90.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%91

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

How far

How far Taloga commutes

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

14%

11%

20%

55%

14%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taloga is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Taloga are

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

Jobs based in Taloga

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Taloga residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Taloga, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 174. 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.