Work & commute · Waynoka

Work & commute in Waynoka, OK

Most working residents leave Waynoka for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Alva (17%), Oklahoma City (8%) and Enid (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

46 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 273 Waynoka residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynoka.

273live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynoka goes to work

Alva19 mi away

17%54

Waynoka (in town)right here

14%46

Oklahoma City108.4 mi away

8%25

Enid57.6 mi away

5%15

Woodward30.8 mi away

3%10

Wichita, KS114.2 mi away

2%6

Tulsa168.8 mi away

2%5

Stillwater105.3 mi away

1%4

Norman126.3 mi away

1%4

Avard9.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%146

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

How far

How far Waynoka commutes

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

18%

28%

10%

44%

18%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynoka is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynoka are

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

Jobs based in Waynoka

311 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Waynoka residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+96%

Jobs based in Waynoka, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 311. 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.