Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Langley
A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Langley; the top destination outside it is Vinita (10%, 11 miles). Employers in Langley report 365 jobs for 222 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Langley: the figures worth knowing
From Langley, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Langley workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 5% 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.
Langley fills up on a workday
On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Langley on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Langley live
Where Langley clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
What Langley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Langley, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 365. 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 Langley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Langley goes to work
About 27% 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.
Work in the towns next to Langley
The biggest share goes to Ketchum (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Langley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | – | — | — | 32 min | $56,300 |
| Sportmans Shores | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Ketchum | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sportmans Shores and Ketchum: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Langley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Langley: questions
What is the median household income in Langley?
$56,300 (±$7,685) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Langley?
20.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Langley?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Langley work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vinita (10%, 11 mi), Tulsa (9%, 53 mi), Ketchum (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Langley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Langley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Langley
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.