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Jobs & commute in Sand Point

For more than half of its working residents, Sand Point is a commute to Durant

Sand Point has 108 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Sand Point; the top destination outside it is Durant (52%, 10 miles). The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, 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

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Sand Point

On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

108live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday170
280live here− 110head out to work+ 0come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Sand Point on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Sand Point ends

Kansas City: 1 residents work here (1%)Silo: 1 residents work here (1%)Madill: 2 residents work here (2%)Calera: 2 residents work here (2%)McAlester: 2 residents work here (2%)Durant: 56 residents work here (52%)Oklahoma City: 4 residents work here (4%)Ardmore: 4 residents work here (4%)Denison: 4 residents work here (4%)Sherman: 2 residents work here (2%)Sand PointDurantOklahoma CityArdmoreDenisonMadillCaleraSand Point
1
Durant10.2 mi away
52%56
2
Oklahoma City117 mi away
4%4
3
Ardmore36.2 mi away
4%4
4
Denison, TX13.6 mi away
4%4
5
Madill14.7 mi away
2%2
6
Calera8.2 mi away
2%2
7
McAlester80.4 mi away
2%2
8
Sherman, TX23.4 mi away
2%2
9
Kansas City, MO373.7 mi away
1%1
10
Silo7.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%30
The top trips

Where Sand Point 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.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Sand Point: about 32 minutes

A year of commuting
248 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sand Point32 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

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

About 1 in 10
How Sand Point gets to work
85%Drive alone
15%Carpool

Share of the 119 commuters (the 8% 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 Sand Point goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDurant: 52% · 10.2 miOklahoma City: 4% · 117 miArdmore: 4% · 36.2 miDenison: 4% · 13.6 miMadill: 2% · 14.7 miCalera: 2% · 8.2 miMcAlester: 2% · 80.4 miSherman: 2% · 23.4 miKansas City: 1% · 373.7 miSilo: 1% · 7.2 miDurant 52%Oklahoma City 4%Ardmore 4%Denison 4%Madill 2%Sand Point
Sand PointTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi44 residents
34%10–24 mi36 residents
5%25–50 mi5 residents
20%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 20% 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 Sand Point: questions

What is the median household income in Sand Point?

$85,223 (±$31,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sand Point?

8.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sand Point?

32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sand Point work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Sand Point without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sand Point, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Sand Point

Sand Point home →

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.