Work & commute · Catoosa

Work & commute in Catoosa, OK

Most working residents leave Catoosa for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (43%), Broken Arrow (7%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

343 of 3,497 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 3,154 Catoosa residents head out of town to work, 343 work right here, and 10,747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catoosa.

3,154live here, work elsewhere

343live and work here

10,747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catoosa goes to work

Tulsa8.2 mi away

43%1,509

Catoosa (in town)right here

10%343

Broken Arrow9.8 mi away

7%243

Oklahoma City109.4 mi away

5%161

Owasso8.2 mi away

3%110

Claremore12.9 mi away

3%104

Bixby17.3 mi away

1%50

Muskogee38 mi away

1%37

Jenks16.9 mi away

1%36

Sand Springs20.1 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%875

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

How far

How far Catoosa commutes

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

46%

38%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catoosa is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catoosa are

11,090 jobs are based in Catoosa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Catoosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Catoosa

11,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Catoosa residents hold

3,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+29%

Jobs based in Catoosa, 2013 → 2023: 8,613 → 11,090. 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.