Calvin has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 51 jobs in Calvin, against 97 working residents. Only 1% work in Calvin itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (18%, 79 miles). Home is the office for 19% of workers (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Calvin
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Calvin on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Calvin ends
Where Calvin clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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 kinds of work in Calvin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calvin, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 51. 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 Calvin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Calvin: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calvin workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 19% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Calvin
About 47% 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.
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 Calvin: questions
What is the median household income in Calvin?
$56,250 (±$26,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calvin?
15.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calvin?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calvin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (18%, 79 mi), McAlester (12%, 27 mi), Ada (10%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calvin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calvin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calvin
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.