Work & commute · Bristow

Work & commute in Bristow, OK

About one in 5 of Bristow’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (21%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Sapulpa (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

375 of 1,842 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,467 Bristow residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 1,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bristow.

1,467live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

1,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bristow goes to work

Tulsa34.2 mi away

21%388

Bristow (in town)right here

20%375

Oklahoma City67.8 mi away

9%165

Sapulpa19.2 mi away

3%61

Broken Arrow36.9 mi away

2%46

Jenks26.2 mi away

1%27

Stroud15 mi away

1%23

Stillwater43.2 mi away

1%23

Bixby29.9 mi away

1%21

Drumright15.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%695

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

How far

How far Bristow commutes

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

24%

12%

36%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bristow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bristow are

1,830 jobs are based in Bristow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bristow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bristow

1,830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bristow residents hold

1,842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Bristow, 2013 → 2023: 1,817 → 1,830. 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.