Work & commute · Cookson

Work & commute in Cookson, OK

Most working residents leave Cookson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (17%), Tulsa (11%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 246 Cookson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cookson.

246live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cookson goes to work

Tahlequah13.5 mi away

17%42

Tulsa62 mi away

11%27

Oklahoma City147 mi away

4%10

Stilwell17.2 mi away

4%9

Muskogee24.8 mi away

4%9

Park Hill8.4 mi away

4%9

Catoosa57.4 mi away

2%6

Keys5.8 mi away

2%6

Fort Gibson19.8 mi away

2%5

Tenkiller6.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%121

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

How far

How far Cookson commutes

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

17%

30%

12%

41%

17%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cookson is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cookson are

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

Jobs based in Cookson

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Cookson residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+19%

Jobs based in Cookson, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 69. 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.