Work & commute · Caney

Work & commute in Caney, OK

Most working residents leave Caney for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (26%), Tulsa (9%) and Oklahoma City (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Caney residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caney.

144live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caney goes to work

Tahlequah9.5 mi away

26%39

Tulsa62.9 mi away

9%13

Oklahoma City152.2 mi away

8%12

Muskogee29.5 mi away

5%7

Stilwell11.7 mi away

3%5

Caney (in town)right here

3%5

Catoosa57.4 mi away

3%4

Park Hill7.4 mi away

3%4

Claremore54.5 mi away

2%3

Keys6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%54

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

How far

How far Caney commutes

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

38%

13%

14%

35%

38%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caney 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 Caney are

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

Jobs based in Caney

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Caney residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

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.