Work & commute · Yale

Work & commute in Yale, OK

Most working residents leave Yale for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Stillwater (17%), Oklahoma City (8%) and Tulsa (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

48 of 471 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 423 Yale residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yale.

423live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yale goes to work

Stillwater20.9 mi away

17%79

Yale (in town)right here

10%48

Oklahoma City63.9 mi away

8%40

Tulsa44.6 mi away

8%38

Cushing10 mi away

4%21

Sand Springs32.1 mi away

2%10

Enid68.2 mi away

2%10

Muskogee79.5 mi away

2%9

Norman70.4 mi away

1%7

Perkins20.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%203

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

How far

How far Yale commutes

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

22%

29%

20%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yale is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yale are

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

Jobs based in Yale

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Yale residents hold

471 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 month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−23%

Jobs based in Yale, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 209. 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.