Work & commute · The

Work & commute in The, OK

Most working residents leave The for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (68%), Edmond (6%) and Tulsa (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 4,500 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,343 The residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 4,833 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The.

4,343live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

4,833work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where The goes to work

Oklahoma City7.5 mi away

68%3,073

Edmond10.8 mi away

6%263

The Village (in town)right here

3%157

Tulsa100.4 mi away

2%111

Norman25.7 mi away

2%107

Warr Acres4.6 mi away

1%67

Midwest City12.9 mi away

1%48

Yukon12.3 mi away

1%46

Bethany6.4 mi away

1%36

Nichols Hills1.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%561

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

How far

How far The commutes

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

73%

15%

73%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

The is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in The are

4,990 jobs are based in The. Here is what they are, next to the jobs The’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in The

4,990 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs The residents hold

4,500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+36%

Jobs based in The, 2013 → 2023: 3,673 → 4,990. 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.