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Jobs & commute in Kenefic

Kenefic has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

17 jobs are based in Kenefic for 63 working residents. Hardly any work in Kenefic; the top destination outside it is Durant (33%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Oklahoma 9%).

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

Day and night

In and out of Kenefic on a workday

On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

63live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday120
160live here− 63head out to work+ 17come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Kenefic on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs 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 Kenefic work

Gans: 1 residents work here (2%)SiloBokchito: 1 residents work here (2%)KeneficColbert: 1 residents work here (2%)CaddoCoalgate: 1 residents work here (2%)Madill: 2 residents work here (3%)CaleraHealdtonDurant: 21 residents work here (33%)Oklahoma City: 3 residents work here (5%)Ardmore: 4 residents work here (6%)Denison: 3 residents work here (5%)Sherman: 2 residents work here (3%)DurantArdmoreOklahoma CityDenisonMadillShermanKenefic
1
Durant10.8 mi away
33%21
2
Ardmore44 mi away
6%4
3
Oklahoma City111.9 mi away
5%3
4
Denison, TX29.2 mi away
5%3
5
Madill23.9 mi away
3%2
6
Sherman, TX39 mi away
3%2
7
Gans127.7 mi away
2%1
8
Bokchito15.6 mi away
2%1
9
Colbert21.8 mi away
2%1
10
Coalgate27.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%24
The top trips

Where Kenefic 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

Kenefic works in goods: 35% of its jobs

Jobs based in KeneficJobs Kenefic residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms35%16%
Trade, transport & utilities41%17%
Services: health, schools, offices24%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less35%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%27%
Over $3,333 a month47%57%

Who does it

29 or younger12%25%
30 to 5441%52%
55 and older47%22%

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 Kenefic’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 27 minutes from Kenefic

A year of commuting
205 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Kenefic27 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Kenefic gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 73 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.

How far

Miles to work from Kenefic

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDurant: 33% · 10.8 miArdmore: 6% · 44 miOklahoma City: 5% · 111.9 miDenison: 5% · 29.2 miMadill: 3% · 23.9 miSherman: 3% · 39 miGans: 2% · 127.7 miBokchito: 2% · 15.6 miColbert: 2% · 21.8 miCoalgate: 2% · 27.7 miDurant 33%Ardmore 6%Oklahoma City 5%Denison 5%Madill 3%Kenefic
KeneficTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi7 residents
44%10–24 mi28 residents
21%25–50 mi13 residents
24%Over 50 mi15 residents

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.

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 Kenefic: questions

What is the median household income in Kenefic?

$52,250 (±$12,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Kenefic?

26.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Kenefic?

27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Kenefic work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durant (33%, 11 mi), Ardmore (6%, 44 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 112 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Kenefic 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 Kenefic, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kenefic

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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.