Verden has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 73 jobs are based in Verden, and 203 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Verden itself; outside it, Chickasha draws the most (30%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Verden
Verden and Chickasha trade workers both ways
Chickasha is the top workplace for Verden residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Verden come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Verden workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Verden work
Where Verden clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
How long Verden spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verden workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 6% 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.
Verden on a workday afternoon
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Verden on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 kinds of work in Verden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verden, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 73. 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 Verden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Verden works
About 19% 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.
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 Verden: questions
What is the median household income in Verden?
$42,500 (±$12,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verden?
22.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verden?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verden work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chickasha (30%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (15%, 42 mi), Lawton (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Verden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verden
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.