Work & commute · Broken Bow

Work & commute in Broken Bow, OK

About one in 5 of Broken Bow’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hochatown (15%), Idabel (11%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

367 of 1,670 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,303 Broken Bow residents head out of town to work, 367 work right here, and 1,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broken Bow.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

367live and work here

1,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broken Bow goes to work

Broken Bow (in town)right here

22%367

Hochatown9.6 mi away

15%252

Idabel9.6 mi away

11%187

Oklahoma City186.1 mi away

3%53

Durant94.6 mi away

2%40

Tulsa159.2 mi away

2%26

Hugo44.2 mi away

1%22

Wright City15.4 mi away

1%20

De Queen, AR22.9 mi away

1%18

Poteau72.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%671

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

How far

How far Broken Bow commutes

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

52%

17%

28%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broken Bow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Broken Bow are

2,250 jobs are based in Broken Bow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Broken Bow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Broken Bow

2,250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Broken Bow residents hold

1,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−3%

Jobs based in Broken Bow, 2013 → 2023: 2,320 → 2,250. 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.