Work & commute · Thomas

Work & commute in Thomas, OK

Most working residents leave Thomas for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (11%), Weatherford (7%) and Clinton (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

56 of 353 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 297 Thomas residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomas.

297live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomas goes to work

Thomas (in town)right here

16%56

Oklahoma City71.5 mi away

11%39

Weatherford14.7 mi away

7%26

Clinton20.9 mi away

7%25

Elk City45.8 mi away

6%21

El Reno45.9 mi away

2%8

Custer City10 mi away

2%7

Arapaho16.9 mi away

1%5

Cheyenne53.4 mi away

1%4

The Village67.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%158

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

How far

How far Thomas commutes

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

25%

16%

34%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomas 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 Thomas are

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

Jobs based in Thomas

361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Thomas residents hold

353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−36%

Jobs based in Thomas, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 361. 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.