Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Ringling works elsewhere
Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. Employers in Ringling report 104 jobs for 296 working residents. Only 8% work in Ringling itself; outside it, Ardmore draws the most (19%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ringling: the figures worth knowing
Ringling’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ringling is Ardmore, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (57) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 ↓
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 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ringling
About 42% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Ringling
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Ringling on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The places Ringling commutes to
Where Ringling clocks in
19% of workers
14% 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 Ringling’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ringling, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 104. 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 Ringling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Ringling
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ringling workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 1% 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.
Ringling and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ringling workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringling | – | — | — | 24 min | $41,111 |
| Cornish | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cornish: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ringling’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 Ringling: questions
What is the median household income in Ringling?
$41,111 (±$11,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ringling?
18.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ringling?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ringling work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ardmore (19%, 26 mi), Oklahoma City (14%, 89 mi), Duncan (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ringling without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ringling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ringling
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.