Captain Creek Bridge · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0About two in five of Wellston’s working residents commute to Oklahoma City
Only 4% work in Wellston itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (43%, 29 miles). The average commute takes 32 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). Wellston has 214 jobs, against 261 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wellston and work: the main findings
43% of Wellston works in Oklahoma City
113 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 29 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Wellston itself. The commute map ↓
Wellston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Wellston’s residents
Where Wellston clocks in
43% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellston workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 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.
Who commutes out of Wellston, and who commutes in
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 203 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 (0.82 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.
A place that makes things: 37% of Wellston’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellston, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 214. 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 Wellston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Wellston commutes less than 28 miles
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 Wellston: questions
What is the median household income in Wellston?
$60,137 (±$14,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellston?
24.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellston?
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 Wellston work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Wellston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellston
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.