Most of Lone Wolf commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% stay in Lone Wolf for work; outside it, Lawton is the main destination (13%, 53 miles). Lone Wolf has 69 jobs for 129 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Lone Wolf
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Lone Wolf on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
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 Lone Wolf’s working residents head each day
Where Lone Wolf clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 Lone Wolf’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lone Wolf, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 69. 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 Lone Wolf’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lone Wolf: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lone Wolf workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Lone Wolf to work
About 35% 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 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 Lone Wolf: questions
What is the median household income in Lone Wolf?
$38,125 (±$15,696) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lone Wolf?
24.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lone Wolf?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lone Wolf work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (13%, 53 mi), Snyder (12%, 28 mi), Oklahoma City (9%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lone Wolf without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lone Wolf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lone Wolf
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.