Making a living in Custer City
Working residents average 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. Only 3% work in Custer City itself; outside it, Thomas draws the most (14%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Custer City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Custer City on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Custer City work
Where Custer City clocks in
Lines 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.
What work there is in Custer City: 59 jobs
59 jobs are based in Custer City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Custer City, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 59. 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 Custer City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Custer City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Custer City workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 1% 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 Custer City
About 22% 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 Custer City: questions
What is the median household income in Custer City?
$71,094 (±$18,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Custer City?
13.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Custer City?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Custer City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thomas (14%, 10 mi), Weatherford (11%, 14 mi), Elk City (8%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Custer City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Custer City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Custer City
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.