Work & commute · Broken Arrow

Work & commute in Broken Arrow, OK

Most working residents leave Broken Arrow for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (52%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Bixby (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

8,943 of 53,528 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44,585 Broken Arrow residents head out of town to work, 8,943 work right here, and 27,566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broken Arrow.

44,585live here, work elsewhere

8,943live and work here

27,566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broken Arrow goes to work

Tulsa9 mi away

52%27,857

Broken Arrow (in town)right here

17%8,943

Oklahoma City104.7 mi away

5%2,558

Bixby8.3 mi away

2%1,180

Catoosa9.8 mi away

2%910

Owasso17.4 mi away

1%700

Jenks10.9 mi away

1%678

Sapulpa19 mi away

1%460

Muskogee31.5 mi away

1%440

Claremore21.4 mi away

1%397

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%9,405

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

How far

How far Broken Arrow commutes

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

54%

31%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broken Arrow is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Broken Arrow are

36,509 jobs are based in Broken Arrow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Broken Arrow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Broken Arrow

36,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Broken Arrow residents hold

53,528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+27%

Jobs based in Broken Arrow, 2013 → 2023: 28,763 → 36,509. 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.