Work means Clinton for about two in five of Arapaho’s working residents
Only 1% stay in Arapaho for work; outside it, Clinton is the main destination (43%, 5 miles). 17% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. The average commute takes 20 minutes each way; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Arapaho and work: the main findings
43% of Arapaho works in Clinton
89 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Clinton, 4.9 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Arapaho itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Arapaho than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Arapaho fell from 571 in 2013 to 244 in 2023, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Arapaho commutes to
Where Arapaho clocks in
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The 244 jobs based in Arapaho
244 jobs are based in Arapaho.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arapaho, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 244. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arapaho’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Arapaho
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Arapaho by day
On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Arapaho: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arapaho workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arapaho: questions
What is the median household income in Arapaho?
$39,632 (±$8,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arapaho?
16.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arapaho?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arapaho work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Arapaho without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arapaho, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arapaho
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.