Photo: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Corn commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26. 20 jobs are based in Corn for 212 working residents. Only 2% stay in Corn for work; outside it, Weatherford is the main destination (17%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Corn stands out on work
Corn is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Corn, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Corn has about 400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Corn and Weatherford trade workers both ways
Weatherford is the top workplace for Corn residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Corn come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Corn on a workday afternoon
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Corn on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Corn’s working residents head each day
Where Corn clocks in
10% 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 commute from Corn, by distance
About 34% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Corn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corn, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 20. 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 Corn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Corn takes 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 Corn workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 12% 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 Corn: questions
What is the median household income in Corn?
$58,657 (±$2,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corn?
13.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corn?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weatherford (17%, 12 mi), Clinton (11%, 14 mi), Oklahoma City (10%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Corn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corn
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.