Work and commuting in Leedey
Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Leedey; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (10%, 106 miles). 139 jobs are based in Leedey, against 224 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leedey and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
57% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Leedey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Leedey is Oklahoma City, 107 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (23) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Leedey than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Leedey fell from 557 in 2013 to 139 in 2023, −75%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Leedey, by distance
About 57% 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 Leedey’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leedey, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 139. 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 Leedey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Leedey
On a workday 209 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Leedey on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 people from Leedey work
Where Leedey clocks in
10% 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.
Getting to work from Leedey takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leedey workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Leedey: questions
What is the median household income in Leedey?
$78,472 (±$10,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leedey?
6.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leedey?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leedey work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (10%, 106 mi), Taloga (7%, 24 mi), Wichita (4%, 167 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leedey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leedey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leedey
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.