Work & commute · Boley

Work & commute in Boley, OK

Most working residents leave Boley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (17%), Prague (8%) and Tulsa (4%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 257 Boley residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boley.

257live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boley goes to work

Oklahoma City58.2 mi away

17%45

Prague12.4 mi away

8%22

Boley (in town)right here

6%15

Tulsa54.7 mi away

4%11

Seminole20 mi away

3%8

Stillwater55.5 mi away

2%6

Ada51 mi away

2%5

Shawnee28.1 mi away

2%5

Okemah10.9 mi away

1%4

Chandler25.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%147

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

How far

How far Boley commutes

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

14%

21%

17%

47%

14%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boley is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boley are

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

Jobs based in Boley

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Boley residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−28%

Jobs based in Boley, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 198. 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.