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Jobs & commute in Kendrick

Kendrick has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Kendrick has 7 jobs, and 24 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Kendrick itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (25%, 47 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Kendrick by day

On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

24live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night96
Workday79
96live here− 24head out to work+ 7come in to work= 79on a workday

About 79 people are in Kendrick on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.29jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Kendrick work

KendrickDavenport: 2 residents work here (8%)HominyPerkins: 1 residents work here (4%)Drumright: 1 residents work here (4%)Chandler: 4 residents work here (17%)Stroud: 1 residents work here (4%)Langston: 1 residents work here (4%)Altus: 1 residents work here (4%)Fanshawe: 1 residents work here (4%)Shawnee: 1 residents work here (4%)StillwaterOklahoma City: 6 residents work here (25%)Oklahoma CityChandlerDavenportPerkinsDrumrightStroudKendrick
1
Oklahoma City46.9 mi away
25%6
2
Chandler6.1 mi away
17%4
3
Davenport5.3 mi away
8%2
4
Perkins19.6 mi away
4%1
5
Drumright17.3 mi away
4%1
6
Stroud7.1 mi away
4%1
7
Langston29.9 mi away
4%1
8
Altus162.9 mi away
4%1
9
Fanshawe119.4 mi away
4%1
10
Shawnee30.5 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%5
The top trips

Where Kendrick clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Most jobs in Kendrick are in services

Jobs based in KendrickJobs Kendrick residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less57%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%38%
Over $3,333 a month29%46%

Who does it

29 or younger14%8%
30 to 5471%54%
55 and older14%38%
+75%

Jobs based in Kendrick, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 7. 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 Kendrick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Kendrick: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
201 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Kendrick26 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Kendrick workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Kendrick gets to work
86%Drive alone
14%Carpool

Share of the 57 commuters (the 3% 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.

How far

How far Kendrick’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOklahoma City: 25% · 46.9 miChandler: 17% · 6.1 miDavenport: 8% · 5.3 miPerkins: 4% · 19.6 miDrumright: 4% · 17.3 miStroud: 4% · 7.1 miLangston: 4% · 29.9 miAltus: 4% · 162.9 miFanshawe: 4% · 119.4 miShawnee: 4% · 30.5 miOklahoma City 25%Chandler 17%Davenport 8%Perkins 4%Drumright 4%Kendrick
KendrickTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi8 residents
8%10–24 mi2 residents
42%25–50 mi10 residents
17%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 17% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kendrick: questions

What is the median household income in Kendrick?

$85,625 (±$57,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Kendrick?

12.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Kendrick?

26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Kendrick work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (25%, 47 mi), Chandler (17%, 6 mi), Davenport (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Kendrick without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Kendrick, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Kendrick

Kendrick home →

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.