Work & commute · Choctaw

Work & commute in Choctaw, OK

Most working residents leave Choctaw for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (51%), Midwest City (8%) and Norman (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

343 of 4,574 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 4,231 Choctaw residents head out of town to work, 343 work right here, and 2,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Choctaw.

4,231live here, work elsewhere

343live and work here

2,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Choctaw goes to work

Oklahoma City13.8 mi away

51%2,327

Midwest City6.2 mi away

8%370

Choctaw (in town)right here

7%343

Norman17.4 mi away

4%173

Tulsa88.6 mi away

4%164

Edmond15.3 mi away

3%129

Moore15.8 mi away

2%85

Del City9.9 mi away

2%71

Harrah5 mi away

2%70

Jones5.7 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%792

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

How far

How far Choctaw commutes

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

23%

61%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Choctaw is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Choctaw are

2,651 jobs are based in Choctaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Choctaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Choctaw

2,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Choctaw residents hold

4,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+47%

Jobs based in Choctaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,806 → 2,651. 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.