Work & commute · Bokoshe

Work & commute in Bokoshe, OK

Most working residents leave Bokoshe for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Poteau (21%), Fort Smith (17%) and Sallisaw (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 111 Bokoshe residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bokoshe.

111live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bokoshe goes to work

Poteau13.3 mi away

21%24

Fort Smith, AR26.1 mi away

17%20

Bokoshe (in town)right here

5%6

Sallisaw18.7 mi away

4%5

Spiro10 mi away

3%4

Stigler19 mi away

3%3

Oklahoma City154.7 mi away

3%3

Van Buren, AR30.5 mi away

2%2

Bentonville, AR86.1 mi away

2%2

Heavener23.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%46

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

How far

How far Bokoshe commutes

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

10%

37%

21%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bokoshe is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bokoshe are

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

Jobs based in Bokoshe

176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bokoshe residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+20%

Jobs based in Bokoshe, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 176. 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.