Work & commute · Bowlegs

Work & commute in Bowlegs, OK

Most working residents leave Bowlegs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seminole (12%), Oklahoma City (12%) and Shawnee (10%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Bowlegs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowlegs.

109live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowlegs goes to work

Seminole6.2 mi away

12%13

Oklahoma City52.5 mi away

12%13

Shawnee22.3 mi away

10%11

Tulsa80.3 mi away

9%10

Wewoka9.7 mi away

5%5

Muskogee84.6 mi away

4%4

Midwest City45.2 mi away

3%3

Maud6.2 mi away

2%2

Checotah68.7 mi away

2%2

Catoosa87.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%44

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

How far

How far Bowlegs commutes

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

21%

11%

47%

21%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowlegs is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowlegs are

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

Jobs based in Bowlegs

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bowlegs residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+425%

Jobs based in Bowlegs, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 21. 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.