Work & commute · Tonkawa

Work & commute in Tonkawa, OK

About one in 5 of Tonkawa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ponca City (11%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Tulsa (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

251 of 1,117 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 866 Tonkawa residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonkawa.

866live here, work elsewhere

251live and work here

598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonkawa goes to work

Tonkawa (in town)right here

22%251

Ponca City14.2 mi away

11%127

Oklahoma City83.9 mi away

11%119

Tulsa87 mi away

3%33

Stillwater39.6 mi away

3%30

Blackwell9.1 mi away

2%27

Enid35.8 mi away

2%26

Tonkawa Tribal Housing2.7 mi away

2%22

Perry27 mi away

2%20

Newkirk20.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%452

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

How far

How far Tonkawa commutes

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

38%

22%

10%

30%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonkawa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonkawa are

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

Jobs based in Tonkawa

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Tonkawa residents hold

1,117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−17%

Jobs based in Tonkawa, 2013 → 2023: 1,028 → 849. 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.