Work & commute · Walters

Work & commute in Walters, OK

About one in 4 of Walters’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lawton (25%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Duncan (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

217 of 943 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 726 Walters residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walters.

726live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walters goes to work

Lawton18.3 mi away

25%236

Walters (in town)right here

23%217

Oklahoma City90.3 mi away

10%99

Duncan24.1 mi away

5%51

Wichita Falls, TX32.7 mi away

2%20

Norman83.7 mi away

1%13

Temple9.2 mi away

1%12

Tulsa184.7 mi away

1%11

Waurika22.4 mi away

1%8

Chickasha52.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%269

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

How far

How far Walters commutes

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

28%

40%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walters is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walters are

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

Jobs based in Walters

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Walters residents hold

943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−9%

Jobs based in Walters, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 505. 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.