Cambria School · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wilburton draws about two in five of Gowen’s working residents
Hardly any work in Gowen; the top destination outside it is Wilburton (43%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Oklahoma 9%). Gowen has 101 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Gowen on a workday
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70 people are in Gowen on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Gowen work
Where Gowen clocks in
12% of workers
2% 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.
Working from home in Gowen
of Gowen workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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.
Miles to work from Gowen
About 24% 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 Gowen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gowen?
30.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gowen work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Gowen 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 Gowen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gowen
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.