Edgewater Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any stay in Edgewater Park for work; outside it, Lawton is the main destination (37%, 15 miles). 31 jobs are based in Edgewater Park; 108 of its residents have a job. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Edgewater Park by day
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in Edgewater Park on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 people from Edgewater Park work
Where Edgewater Park clocks in
37% of workers
11% 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.
74% of the jobs in Edgewater Park make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgewater Park, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 31. 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 Edgewater Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Edgewater Park
of Edgewater Park workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Edgewater Park commutes
About 32% 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 Edgewater Park: questions
What is the median household income in Edgewater Park?
$34,375 (±$24,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgewater Park?
17.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Edgewater Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (37%, 15 mi), Oklahoma City (11%, 66 mi), Apache (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edgewater Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgewater Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgewater Park
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.