Work & commute · Chouteau

Work & commute in Chouteau, OK

Most working residents leave Chouteau for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (18%), Pryor Creek (12%) and Broken Arrow (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 754 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 705 Chouteau residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chouteau.

705live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

676work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chouteau goes to work

Tulsa31.7 mi away

18%133

Pryor Creek7.8 mi away

12%87

Chouteau (in town)right here

6%49

Broken Arrow27 mi away

6%43

Oklahoma City131.7 mi away

4%30

Claremore17.4 mi away

3%20

Catoosa24.1 mi away

2%17

Tahlequah27.9 mi away

1%10

Muskogee30.8 mi away

1%10

Bartlesville50.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%346

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

How far

How far Chouteau commutes

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

37%

12%

35%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chouteau is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chouteau are

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

Jobs based in Chouteau

725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Chouteau residents hold

754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−58%

Jobs based in Chouteau, 2013 → 2023: 1,730 → 725. 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.