Work & commute · Carlisle

Work & commute in Carlisle, OK

Most working residents leave Carlisle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gore (15%), Sallisaw (13%) and Fort Smith (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 122 Carlisle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlisle.

122live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlisle goes to work

Gore5 mi away

15%19

Sallisaw13 mi away

13%16

Fort Smith, AR38.8 mi away

7%9

Tulsa64.9 mi away

7%8

Oklahoma City139.6 mi away

7%8

Muskogee24.5 mi away

6%7

Vian3.5 mi away

4%5

Catoosa62.2 mi away

4%5

Tahlequah28.1 mi away

4%5

Warner15.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%39

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

How far

How far Carlisle commutes

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

21%

24%

23%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlisle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlisle are

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

Jobs based in Carlisle

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Carlisle residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+2250%

Jobs based in Carlisle, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 141. 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.