Where Langston earns its living
The average commute takes 15 minutes each way, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S. Getting around Langston on foot earns B−. Only 5% work in Langston itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (27%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Langston and work: the main findings
Langston’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Langston is Oklahoma City, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (76) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Langston are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
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 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Langston
About 28% 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.
Langston’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Langston workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 408 commuters (the 10% 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.
Langston by day and by night
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 Langston’s working residents head each day
Where Langston clocks in
27% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Langston
274 jobs are based in Langston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Langston, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 274. 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 Langston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Langston, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Langston is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 30.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 2.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 451 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Langston households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Langston’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Langston compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Langston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langston | – | — | B− | 15 min | — |
| Coyle | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Coyle: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Langston’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 Langston: questions
What is the poverty rate in Langston?
9.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Langston?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Langston work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (27%, 35 mi), Guthrie (8%, 8 mi), Edmond (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Langston walkable?
Langston is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 31% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Langston without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Langston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Langston
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.