Work & commute · Bessie

Work & commute in Bessie, OK

Most working residents leave Bessie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elk City (24%), Clinton (7%) and Burns Flat (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Bessie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bessie.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bessie goes to work

Elk City24.8 mi away

24%11

Clinton8.5 mi away

7%3

Burns Flat10.7 mi away

4%2

Waynoka82.7 mi away

4%2

New Cordell6.1 mi away

4%2

Weatherford20.1 mi away

4%2

Oklahoma City83.3 mi away

4%2

Bessie (in town)right here

2%1

Cheyenne41.7 mi away

2%1

Nichols Hills82.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%18

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bessie commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

42%

36%

16%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bessie is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bessie are

73 jobs are based in Bessie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bessie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bessie

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bessie residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−47%

Jobs based in Bessie, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 73. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.