Work & commute · Boswell

Work & commute in Boswell, OK

Most working residents leave Boswell for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Durant (14%), Hugo (9%) and Antlers (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 177 Boswell residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boswell.

177live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boswell goes to work

Durant30 mi away

14%27

Hugo20.5 mi away

9%18

Boswell (in town)right here

7%14

Antlers20 mi away

4%7

McAlester62.3 mi away

3%6

Paris, TX31 mi away

3%6

Soper9.9 mi away

3%5

Tulsa145.1 mi away

2%4

Atoka28.9 mi away

2%3

Oklahoma City136.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%98

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

How far

How far Boswell commutes

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

23%

19%

26%

33%

23%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boswell 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 Boswell are

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

Jobs based in Boswell

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Boswell residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−29%

Jobs based in Boswell, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 149. 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.