Photo: Reagscoop · CC BY-SA 4.0Grandfield has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in seven stay in Grandfield for work; outside it, Lawton is the main destination (15%, 31 miles). Employers in Grandfield report 116 jobs; 350 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Grandfield
Grandfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grandfield is Lawton, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Grandfield workers cross into Texas
18% of Grandfield workers work outside Oklahoma, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Wichita Falls (9%) and Burkburnett (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 350 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grandfield
About 30% 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.
Where the trip to work from Grandfield ends
Where Grandfield clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Grandfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Grandfield on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
What Grandfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandfield, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 116. 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 Grandfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 7% 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 Grandfield: questions
What is the median household income in Grandfield?
$29,811 (±$2,908) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandfield?
16.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandfield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandfield work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (15%, 31 mi), Wichita Falls (9%, 24 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grandfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandfield
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.