Work & commute · Wakita

Work & commute in Wakita, OK

Most working residents leave Wakita for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (17%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Enid (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 114 Wakita residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wakita.

114live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wakita goes to work

Medford11.6 mi away

17%20

Oklahoma City100.4 mi away

11%13

Enid33 mi away

8%9

Deer Creek23 mi away

3%4

Tulsa123.8 mi away

3%4

Wakita (in town)right here

3%3

Ponca City48.8 mi away

3%3

Wichita, KS64.1 mi away

2%2

Lamont24.1 mi away

2%2

Boise City253.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%55

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

How far

How far Wakita commutes

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

29%

27%

40%

4%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wakita is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wakita are

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

Jobs based in Wakita

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Wakita residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−80%

Jobs based in Wakita, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 62. 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.