Eldorado has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 17% of workers (Oklahoma 9%). Employers in Eldorado report 22 jobs for 92 working residents. Hardly any work in Eldorado; the top destination outside it is Altus (25%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Eldorado for work, and who comes in
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Eldorado on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Eldorado ends
Where Eldorado clocks in
25% 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.
A place that makes things: 64% of Eldorado’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldorado, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 22. 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 Eldorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Eldorado’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldorado workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eldorado
About 44% 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 Eldorado: questions
What is the median household income in Eldorado?
$51,250 (±$30,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldorado?
32.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldorado?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldorado work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altus (25%, 23 mi), Oklahoma City (12%, 139 mi), East Duke (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eldorado 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 Eldorado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldorado
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.