Work & commute · Bixby

Work & commute in Bixby, OK

Most working residents leave Bixby for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (52%), Broken Arrow (7%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,236 of 12,957 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,721 Bixby residents head out of town to work, 1,236 work right here, and 8,888 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bixby.

11,721live here, work elsewhere

1,236live and work here

8,888work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bixby goes to work

Tulsa12.7 mi away

52%6,771

Bixby (in town)right here

10%1,236

Broken Arrow8.3 mi away

7%959

Oklahoma City97.5 mi away

5%675

Jenks6.4 mi away

3%432

Sapulpa14.3 mi away

1%153

Catoosa17.3 mi away

1%142

Glenpool7.2 mi away

1%140

Owasso23.7 mi away

1%131

Muskogee32.4 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%2,208

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

How far

How far Bixby commutes

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

51%

33%

13%

51%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bixby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bixby are

10,124 jobs are based in Bixby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bixby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bixby

10,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bixby residents hold

12,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+64%

Jobs based in Bixby, 2013 → 2023: 6,173 → 10,124. 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.