Work & commute · Drowning Creek

Work & commute in Drowning Creek, OK

Most working residents leave Drowning Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grove (13%), Jay (11%) and Tulsa (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 63 Drowning Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drowning Creek.

63live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drowning Creek goes to work

Grove9.5 mi away

13%8

Jay6.5 mi away

11%7

Tulsa61.1 mi away

6%4

Oklahoma City162.3 mi away

5%3

Bentonville, AR37.8 mi away

3%2

South Coffeyville53.7 mi away

3%2

Pryor Creek26.3 mi away

3%2

Claremore41.3 mi away

3%2

Bartlesville61.2 mi away

3%2

Lucas, KS267.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%31

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

How far

How far Drowning Creek commutes

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

19%

25%

20%

36%

19%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drowning Creek is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drowning Creek are

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

Jobs based in Drowning Creek

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Drowning Creek residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−10%

Jobs based in Drowning Creek, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 9. 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.