Work & commute · Dewey

Work & commute in Dewey, OK

Most working residents leave Dewey for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bartlesville (37%), Tulsa (12%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 1,329 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,228 Dewey residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dewey.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dewey goes to work

Bartlesville3.7 mi away

37%491

Tulsa45.8 mi away

12%159

Dewey (in town)right here

8%101

Oklahoma City127 mi away

3%39

Broken Arrow52.5 mi away

2%22

Coffeyville, KS22.9 mi away

1%17

Owasso35.2 mi away

1%16

Caney, KS15.4 mi away

1%15

Bixby58.5 mi away

1%12

Muskogee79.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%446

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

How far

How far Dewey commutes

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

51%

19%

23%

51%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dewey is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dewey are

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

Jobs based in Dewey

697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dewey residents hold

1,329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−30%

Jobs based in Dewey, 2013 → 2023: 1,000 → 697. 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.