Work & commute · Copan

Work & commute in Copan, OK

Most working residents leave Copan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bartlesville (31%), Tulsa (11%) and Coffeyville (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 271 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 264 Copan residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copan.

264live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copan goes to work

Bartlesville11.3 mi away

31%84

Tulsa53.4 mi away

11%29

Coffeyville, KS17.7 mi away

7%19

Oklahoma City132.9 mi away

4%12

Caney, KS7.8 mi away

4%10

Dewey7.6 mi away

3%8

Copan (in town)right here

3%7

Broken Arrow60 mi away

3%7

Independence, KS25.7 mi away

2%6

Parsons, KS47.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%86

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

How far

How far Copan commutes

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

18%

40%

10%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copan is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copan are

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

Jobs based in Copan

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Copan residents hold

271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+98%

Jobs based in Copan, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 89. 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.