Work & commute · Commerce

Work & commute in Commerce, OK

Most working residents leave Commerce for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (32%), Tulsa (5%) and Joplin (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

106 of 953 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 847 Commerce residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commerce.

847live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commerce goes to work

Miami3.3 mi away

32%307

Commerce (in town)right here

11%106

Tulsa80.3 mi away

5%43

Joplin, MO22.1 mi away

4%38

Baxter Springs, KS9.1 mi away

3%32

Oklahoma City179.3 mi away

3%29

Grove24.5 mi away

2%15

Broken Arrow80.4 mi away

1%14

Muskogee86.8 mi away

1%10

Jay35.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%350

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

How far

How far Commerce commutes

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

56%

14%

25%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commerce is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Commerce are

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

Jobs based in Commerce

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Commerce residents hold

953 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+211%

Jobs based in Commerce, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 631. 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.