Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Ryan works elsewhere
There are 100 jobs in Ryan, and 244 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Ryan itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (11%, 103 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ryan in brief
Ryan’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ryan is Oklahoma City, 103 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (27) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Ryan’s workers travel
About 38% 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.
Ryan on a workday afternoon
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Ryan on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Ryan commutes to
Where Ryan clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Ryan
100 jobs are based in Ryan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ryan, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 100. 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 Ryan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Ryan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ryan workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 2% 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 Ryan: questions
What is the median household income in Ryan?
$53,092 (±$1,944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ryan?
23.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ryan?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ryan work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (11%, 103 mi), Waurika (10%, 12 mi), Duncan (10%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ryan 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 Ryan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ryan
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.