Work & commute · Coalgate

Work & commute in Coalgate, OK

About one in 4 of Coalgate’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Atoka (7%), Durant (6%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

170 of 623 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 453 Coalgate residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 631 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coalgate.

453live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

631work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coalgate goes to work

Coalgate (in town)right here

27%170

Atoka11.3 mi away

7%42

Durant38.4 mi away

6%38

Oklahoma City97.6 mi away

5%32

Ada30.2 mi away

5%30

Cottonwood1.9 mi away

2%15

McAlester37.2 mi away

2%14

Tulsa111.7 mi away

2%11

Tishomingo33.2 mi away

1%9

Madill44.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%254

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

How far

How far Coalgate commutes

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

36%

11%

28%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coalgate is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coalgate are

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

Jobs based in Coalgate

801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Coalgate residents hold

623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+11%

Jobs based in Coalgate, 2013 → 2023: 719 → 801. 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.