Most of Greenfield commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Greenfield report 2 jobs for 44 working residents. Hardly any work in Greenfield; the top destination outside it is Watonga (14%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenfield quiets down on a workday
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Greenfield on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Greenfield’s working residents head each day
Where Greenfield clocks in
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Greenfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 2. 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 Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 15 minutes from Greenfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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.
Greenfield’s commute, mile by mile
About 50% 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 Greenfield: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield?
$73,250 (±$21,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield?
37.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watonga (14%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (11%, 52 mi), Okeene (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenfield 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 Greenfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield
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.