Oklahoma City

City Commute Profile

Oklahoma City, OK

Where Oklahoma City’s 295,725 resident workers go each day — 67.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Edmond.

OklahomaLODES 2023 data
66
Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Oklahoma City at a glance
Employed Residents
295,725
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
67.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Edmond
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Oklahoma City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Oklahoma City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Oklahoma City

295,725 commutes, one dot at a time

Oklahoma City

Where 295,725 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Oklahoma City, by worker count.

1Oklahoma City0.0 mi198,532
2Edmond12.6 mi12,900
3Norman19.6 mi9,777
4Tulsa100.6 mi8,205
5Moore11.0 mi6,548
6Midwest City9.5 mi5,915
7Yukon11.4 mi4,013
8Warr Acres4.9 mi3,818

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Oklahoma City.

1Oklahoma City0.0 mi198,532
2Edmond12.6 mi22,823
3Norman19.6 mi17,211
4Moore11.0 mi15,260
5Midwest City9.5 mi14,552
6Tulsa100.6 mi9,830
7Yukon11.4 mi6,643
8Del City6.6 mi5,593

Top industries

The sectors that employ Oklahoma City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.8%
RTRetail Trade9.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.7%
PAPublic Administration6.5%
MFManufacturing6.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.0%
WSWholesale Trade4.9%

Oklahoma City city profile

Who lives in Oklahoma City — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
697,125
Median age
35.1yrs
Median household income
$68,656
Median home value
$231,300
Median gross rent
$1,130/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.7%
Poverty rate
15.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

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