Photo: Pmsyyz · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Seiling
Commuters spend 13 minutes getting to work on average, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. About one in ten work in Seiling; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (12%, 92 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Seiling: the gist
Seiling’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Seiling is Oklahoma City, 92 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (46) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
48% 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 ↓
Commutes from Seiling are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
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 387 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Seiling’s workers travel
About 48% 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.
A commute of about 13 minutes in Seiling
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seiling workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 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.
Who works in Seiling, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Seiling to work: where people go
Where Seiling clocks in
12% 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 342 jobs based in Seiling
342 jobs are based in Seiling.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seiling, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 342. 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 Seiling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Seiling: questions
What is the median household income in Seiling?
$53,409 (±$9,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seiling?
12.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seiling?
13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seiling work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (12%, 92 mi), Taloga (3%, 8 mi), Isabella (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seiling without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seiling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seiling
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.