Work & commute · Wapanucka

Work & commute in Wapanucka, OK

Most working residents leave Wapanucka for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Durant (20%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Tishomingo (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 124 Wapanucka residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wapanucka.

124live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wapanucka goes to work

Durant26.2 mi away

20%25

Oklahoma City97.5 mi away

6%8

Tishomingo17.4 mi away

6%7

Ardmore42.2 mi away

6%7

Ada30.6 mi away

5%6

Milburn11.8 mi away

2%3

Duncan87.8 mi away

2%3

Tulsa124.8 mi away

2%3

Silo23.5 mi away

2%2

Wapanucka (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%60

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

How far

How far Wapanucka commutes

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

24%

41%

32%

3%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wapanucka is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wapanucka are

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

Jobs based in Wapanucka

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wapanucka residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+21%

Jobs based in Wapanucka, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 91. 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.