Felt has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 44 people commute in to work
Only 6% stay in Felt for work; outside it, Elkhart is the main destination (6%, 58 miles). There are 45 jobs in Felt; 16 of its residents have a job. For 24% of workers, the job is at home (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Felt, and who commutes in
On a workday 15 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 150 people are in Felt on a workday afternoon, 25% more 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 people who work in Felt live
Where Felt clocks in
6% 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.
31% of the jobs in Felt make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Felt, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 45. 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 Felt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Felt
of Felt workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 24% 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 Felt
About 85% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Felt workers work outside Oklahoma. The job records count 19% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Felt: questions
What is the median household income in Felt?
$96,042 (±$94,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Felt?
7.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Felt work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (6%, 58 mi), Clearwater (6%, 299 mi), Texhoma (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Felt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Felt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Felt
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.