Work & commute · Checotah

Work & commute in Checotah, OK

Most working residents leave Checotah for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Muskogee (13%), Tulsa (11%) and Eufaula (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

220 of 1,158 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 938 Checotah residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 1,295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Checotah.

938live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

1,295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Checotah goes to work

Checotah (in town)right here

19%220

Muskogee20.3 mi away

13%150

Tulsa49.4 mi away

11%123

Eufaula13.6 mi away

6%68

Oklahoma City112 mi away

4%50

Broken Arrow41.2 mi away

2%22

McAlester41 mi away

2%19

Okmulgee26.2 mi away

2%18

Preston30.6 mi away

1%17

Tahlequah42.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%455

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

How far

How far Checotah commutes

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

23%

26%

23%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Checotah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Checotah are

1,515 jobs are based in Checotah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Checotah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Checotah

1,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Checotah residents hold

1,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−9%

Jobs based in Checotah, 2013 → 2023: 1,665 → 1,515. 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.