Davenport Broadway Avenue Brick Street · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Davenport, OK
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26. Only 5% work in Davenport; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (23%, 45 miles). 212 jobs are based in Davenport, against 294 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Davenport in brief
Where in the region Davenport works
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily commute in and out of Davenport
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Davenport on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Davenport goes to work
Where Davenport clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Davenport makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davenport, 2014 → 2024: 208 → 212. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Davenport: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davenport workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 6% 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 2024, 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 Davenport: questions
What is the median household income in Davenport?
$46,838 (±$5,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davenport?
21.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davenport?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davenport work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (23%, 45 mi), Chandler (13%, 4 mi), Shawnee (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Davenport 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 Davenport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davenport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.