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Work & commute in Deer Lick · A commuter town

100% of Deer Lick’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Deer Lick for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jay (29%), Siloam Springs (14%) and Sand Springs (14%). Half commute less than 67 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 7 working residents
Typical commute
67 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
58%
More than OK (9%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town
Work out of state
42%
mostly Arkansas

What kind of work town is Deer Lick?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Deer Lick

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
58%

of Deer Lick workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 6 in 10
The commute map

29% of working residents work in Jay

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Siloam Springs: 1 residents work here (14%)Jay: 2 residents work here (29%)Sand Springs: 1 residents work here (14%)Poteau: 1 residents work here (14%)Oklahoma City: 1 residents work here (14%)Broken Arrow: 1 residents work here (14%)Deer LickJaySiloam SpringsSand SpringsPoteauOklahoma CityBroken ArrowDeer Lick
1
Jay3.5 mi away
29%2
2
Siloam Springs, AR22.5 mi away
14%1
3
Sand Springs80.1 mi away
14%1
4
Poteau96.5 mi away
14%1
5
Oklahoma City169.2 mi away
14%1
6
Broken Arrow64.7 mi away
14%1
The top trips

Where Deer Lick clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night85
Workday78
85live here− 7head out to work+ 0come in to work= 78on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Deer Lick commutes less than 67 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJay: 29% · 3.5 miSiloam Springs: 14% · 22.5 miSand Springs: 14% · 80.1 miPoteau: 14% · 96.5 miOklahoma City: 14% · 169.2 miBroken Arrow: 14% · 64.7 miJay 29%Siloam Springs 14%Sand Springs 14%Poteau 14%Oklahoma City 14%Deer Lick
Deer LickTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi2 residents
14%10–24 mi1 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
57%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 57% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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