Work & commute · Caney

Work & commute in Caney, OK

Most working residents leave Caney for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Durant (18%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Atoka (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Caney residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caney.

79live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caney goes to work

Durant19.4 mi away

18%15

Oklahoma City112.4 mi away

10%8

Atoka11.5 mi away

8%7

Tushka6.4 mi away

7%6

Caney (in town)right here

6%5

McAlester54 mi away

5%4

Chickasha113 mi away

2%2

Muskogee115 mi away

2%2

Sherman, TX48.1 mi away

2%2

Mill Creek36.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%32

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.

17%

40%

13%

30%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caney is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caney are

92 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

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Caney residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+51%

Jobs based in Caney, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 92. 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.