Franklin Hall · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Goodwell draws 351 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
About one in seven work in Goodwell; the top destination outside it is Guymon (32%, 10 miles). Employers in Goodwell report 378 jobs for 207 working residents. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goodwell and work: the main findings
Goodwell and Guymon trade workers both ways
Guymon is the top workplace for Goodwell residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Goodwell come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Goodwell than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Goodwell fell from 700 in 2013 to 378 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that send workers to Goodwell
Where Goodwell clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Goodwell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goodwell, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 378. 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 Goodwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Goodwell
About 33% 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.
How a workday changes Goodwell
On a workday 180 residents head out to work and 27 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Goodwell on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
How long Goodwell spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goodwell workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 587 commuters (the 4% 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 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 Goodwell: questions
What is the median household income in Goodwell?
$88,424 (±$13,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goodwell?
5.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goodwell?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goodwell work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guymon (32%, 10 mi), Hardesty (3%, 24 mi), Altus (3%, 186 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goodwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goodwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodwell
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.