Work & commute · Yukon

Work & commute in Yukon, OK

Most working residents leave Yukon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (57%), Edmond (3%) and Tulsa (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,090 of 11,047 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 9,957 Yukon residents head out of town to work, 1,090 work right here, and 7,208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yukon.

9,957live here, work elsewhere

1,090live and work here

7,208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yukon goes to work

Oklahoma City14.6 mi away

57%6,322

Yukon (in town)right here

10%1,090

Edmond22.6 mi away

3%313

Tulsa112.6 mi away

2%263

Norman30.5 mi away

2%261

El Reno11.1 mi away

2%252

Mustang8.9 mi away

2%208

Warr Acres8.3 mi away

2%189

Bethany7 mi away

2%166

Midwest City22.4 mi away

2%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%1,817

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

How far

How far Yukon commutes

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

40%

44%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yukon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yukon are

8,298 jobs are based in Yukon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yukon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yukon

8,298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Yukon residents hold

11,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+23%

Jobs based in Yukon, 2013 → 2023: 6,726 → 8,298. 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.