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Jobs & commute in Nardin

Most of Nardin commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Nardin itself; outside it, Blackwell draws the most (38%, 8 miles). 4 jobs are based in Nardin, against 16 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Nardin

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday120
130live here− 16head out to work+ 4come in to work= 120on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs 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 Nardin’s working residents head each day

Goltry: 1 residents work here (6%)Newkirk: 1 residents work here (6%)Tonkawa: 1 residents work here (6%)Blackwell: 6 residents work here (38%)Pauls Valley: 1 residents work here (6%)Ponca CityTulsa: 1 residents work here (6%)Oklahoma City: 2 residents work here (13%)NardinBlackwellOklahoma CityGoltryNewkirkTonkawaPauls ValleyNardin
1
Blackwell8.2 mi away
38%6
2
Oklahoma City92.4 mi away
13%2
3
Goltry43.2 mi away
6%1
4
Newkirk22.5 mi away
6%1
5
Tonkawa11.8 mi away
6%1
6
Pauls Valley145.2 mi away
6%1
7
Tulsa97.9 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%3
The top trips

Where Nardin 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

A place that makes things: 100% of Nardin’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in NardinJobs Nardin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%6%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%19%
Over $3,333 a month25%56%

Who does it

29 or younger100%31%
30 to 540%31%
55 and older0%38%

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 Nardin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Nardin

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Nardin gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 72 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

How far it is to work from Nardin

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBlackwell: 38% · 8.2 miOklahoma City: 13% · 92.4 miGoltry: 6% · 43.2 miNewkirk: 6% · 22.5 miTonkawa: 6% · 11.8 miPauls Valley: 6% · 145.2 miTulsa: 6% · 97.9 miBlackwell 38%Oklahoma City 13%Goltry 6%Newkirk 6%Tonkawa 6%Nardin
NardinTop destinations (size = commuters)
38%Under 10 mi6 residents
19%10–24 mi3 residents
19%25–50 mi3 residents
25%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 25% 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 Nardin: questions

What is the poverty rate in Nardin?

0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Nardin work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blackwell (38%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (13%, 92 mi), Goltry (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Nardin

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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.