Work & commute · White Eagle

Work & commute in White Eagle, OK

Most working residents leave White Eagle for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Ponca City (32%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Stillwater (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

27 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 137 White Eagle residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Eagle.

137live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Eagle goes to work

Ponca City6.5 mi away

32%52

White Eagle (in town)right here

16%27

Oklahoma City83.7 mi away

10%16

Stillwater34.2 mi away

4%6

Tulsa74.1 mi away

3%5

Blackwell17.1 mi away

1%2

Norman96.9 mi away

1%2

McCord4.1 mi away

1%2

Winfield, KS42.9 mi away

1%1

Junction City, KS166.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%50

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

How far

How far White Eagle commutes

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

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Eagle is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in White Eagle are

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

Jobs based in White Eagle

346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs White Eagle residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+16%

Jobs based in White Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 346. 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.