Metros where people in Lawton are getting new jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shifted the job market in cities and towns across the country. Millions of layoffs in early 2020 forced workers to search elsewhere for jobs. Record numbers of workers have quit their jobs in the past year in favor of new pursuits in different locales. And concerns over virus spread in population-dense areas also inspired many to leave urban areas, and their jobs, in favor of rural ones.
Emerging job markets in places like Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City reflect cultural shifts in what workers are looking for in their jobs and their places of residence: year-round warmth that makes outdoor activities easy, lower income taxes, and tech-focused employers.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where the most people from Lawton, OK found new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Jobs-to-Jobs Flows. Metros are ranked by the number of people that started a new job from Lawton, OK in the first quarter of 2021.
#5. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
--- 1.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Lawton, OK from Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX in Q1 2021: 11
--- #200 (tie) most common destination from Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
- Net job flow: 1 to Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
#4. Wichita Falls, TX
--- 3.2% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Lawton, OK from Wichita Falls, TX in Q1 2021: 16
--- #6 most common destination from Wichita Falls, TX
- Net job flow: 12 to Wichita Falls, TX
#3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
--- 5.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Lawton, OK from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX in Q1 2021: 38
--- #114 most common destination from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Net job flow: 9 to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
#2. Tulsa, OK
--- 21.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Lawton, OK from Tulsa, OK in Q1 2021: 120
--- #3 most common destination from Tulsa, OK
- Net job flow: 71 to Tulsa, OK
#1. Oklahoma City, OK
--- 44.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Lawton, OK from Oklahoma City, OK in Q1 2021: 374
--- #3 most common destination from Oklahoma City, OK
- Net job flow: 17 to Oklahoma City, OK
