Most of Sentinel commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Sentinel; the top destination outside it is New Cordell (9%, 14 miles). There are 118 jobs in Sentinel for 213 working residents. The average commute takes 18 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sentinel, in brief
How far it is to work from Sentinel
About 32% 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 workday in Sentinel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 194 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Sentinel on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Where Sentinel’s working residents head each day
Where Sentinel clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Sentinel
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sentinel, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 118. 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 Sentinel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Sentinel’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sentinel workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 477 commuters (the 4% 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 Sentinel: questions
What is the median household income in Sentinel?
$120,227 (±$71,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sentinel?
16.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sentinel?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sentinel work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Cordell (9%, 14 mi), Elk City (9%, 22 mi), Oklahoma City (8%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sentinel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sentinel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sentinel
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.