Work & commute · Dewar

Work & commute in Dewar, OK

Most working residents leave Dewar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (14%), Okmulgee (13%) and Henryetta (12%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 253 Dewar residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dewar.

253live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dewar goes to work

Tulsa46.4 mi away

14%37

Okmulgee11.6 mi away

13%32

Henryetta2.4 mi away

12%31

Oklahoma City88 mi away

5%12

Okemah19.9 mi away

4%10

Preston17.7 mi away

4%10

Muskogee38.7 mi away

3%8

Morris11.3 mi away

2%6

Broken Arrow41.2 mi away

2%6

Bixby33.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%100

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

How far

How far Dewar commutes

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

20%

25%

28%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dewar is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dewar are

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

Jobs based in Dewar

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dewar residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+800%

Jobs based in Dewar, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 117. 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.