Work & commute · Briggs

Work & commute in Briggs, OK

Most working residents leave Briggs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (32%), Muskogee (7%) and Tulsa (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 379 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 372 Briggs residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briggs.

372live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Briggs goes to work

Tahlequah5.6 mi away

32%121

Muskogee29.5 mi away

7%27

Tulsa59 mi away

6%23

Oklahoma City151.2 mi away

4%16

Briggs (in town)right here

2%7

Caney6.7 mi away

2%7

Stilwell15.7 mi away

2%6

Claremore49 mi away

2%6

Catoosa52.9 mi away

1%5

Owasso59.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%156

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

How far

How far Briggs commutes

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

40%

10%

21%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Briggs is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Briggs are

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

Jobs based in Briggs

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Briggs residents hold

379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+975%

Jobs based in Briggs, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 86. 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.