Work & commute · Wanette

Work & commute in Wanette, OK

Most working residents leave Wanette for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (31%), Shawnee (11%) and Asher (7%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Wanette residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wanette.

83live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wanette goes to work

Oklahoma City43.7 mi away

31%26

Shawnee27.6 mi away

11%9

Asher5.9 mi away

7%6

Norman25.6 mi away

7%6

Tulsa101.8 mi away

5%4

Tecumseh20.7 mi away

2%2

Moore35.1 mi away

2%2

Ada24.9 mi away

2%2

Edmond52.9 mi away

2%2

Newcastle37 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%23

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

How far

How far Wanette commutes

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

17%

54%

21%

8%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wanette is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wanette are

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

Jobs based in Wanette

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Wanette residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+217%

Jobs based in Wanette, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 57. 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.