Work & commute · Claremore

Work & commute in Claremore, OK

About one in 5 of Claremore’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (29%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Broken Arrow (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,826 of 8,218 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 6,392 Claremore residents head out of town to work, 1,826 work right here, and 8,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claremore.

6,392live here, work elsewhere

1,826live and work here

8,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claremore goes to work

Tulsa20.8 mi away

29%2,390

Claremore (in town)right here

22%1,826

Oklahoma City121.6 mi away

5%408

Broken Arrow21.4 mi away

4%339

Catoosa12.9 mi away

3%279

Owasso12.7 mi away

3%271

Pryor Creek16.6 mi away

2%178

Muskogee41.9 mi away

1%90

Sapulpa35.8 mi away

1%70

Bixby29.6 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,298

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

How far

How far Claremore commutes

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

29%

47%

12%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claremore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Claremore are

10,188 jobs are based in Claremore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claremore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claremore

10,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Claremore residents hold

8,218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Claremore, 2013 → 2023: 10,585 → 10,188. 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.