Work & commute · Verden

Work & commute in Verden, OK

Most working residents leave Verden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chickasha (30%), Oklahoma City (15%) and Lawton (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 201 Verden residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Verden.

201live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Verden goes to work

Chickasha8.4 mi away

30%60

Oklahoma City41.8 mi away

15%31

Lawton37.4 mi away

5%11

Tulsa142.3 mi away

5%10

Anadarko9 mi away

4%9

Ninnekah11.5 mi away

2%5

Duncan42.2 mi away

2%4

Blanchard24.3 mi away

2%4

Norman43.2 mi away

2%4

Moore38.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%62

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

How far

How far Verden commutes

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

35%

12%

34%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Verden is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Verden are

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

Jobs based in Verden

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Verden residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Verden, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 73. 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.