Work & commute · Bug Tussle

Work & commute in Bug Tussle, OK

Most working residents leave Bug Tussle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are McAlester (48%), Tulsa (5%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 57 Bug Tussle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bug Tussle.

57live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bug Tussle goes to work

McAlester8.6 mi away

48%28

Tulsa76.9 mi away

5%3

Oklahoma City107.3 mi away

5%3

Durant81.9 mi away

3%2

Dierks, AR114 mi away

2%1

Waldron, AR90.7 mi away

2%1

Fayetteville, AR111.8 mi away

2%1

Savanna15.7 mi away

2%1

Hartshorne15 mi away

2%1

Heavener61.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%16

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

How far

How far Bug Tussle commutes

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

54%

39%

54%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bug Tussle is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bug Tussle are

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

Jobs based in Bug Tussle

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bug Tussle residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Bug Tussle, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 130. 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.