Work & commute · Temple

Work & commute in Temple, OK

Most working residents leave Temple for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (12%), Lawton (10%) and Oklahoma City (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 284 Temple residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple.

284live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Temple goes to work

Wichita Falls, TX30.3 mi away

12%35

Lawton26.1 mi away

10%30

Oklahoma City92.1 mi away

9%26

Temple (in town)right here

7%20

Duncan21.3 mi away

7%20

Walters9.2 mi away

5%14

Burkburnett, TX23.4 mi away

3%8

Norman83.8 mi away

2%6

Ardmore63.2 mi away

2%5

Edmond107.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%136

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

How far

How far Temple commutes

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

14%

30%

25%

31%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Temple is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Temple are

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

Jobs based in Temple

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Temple residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−76%

Jobs based in Temple, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 114. 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.