Work & commute · Fanshawe

Work & commute in Fanshawe, OK

Most working residents leave Fanshawe for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Poteau (18%), Fort Smith (8%) and Tulsa (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 125 Fanshawe residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fanshawe.

125live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fanshawe goes to work

Poteau18.5 mi away

18%23

Fort Smith, AR40.6 mi away

8%10

Tulsa98 mi away

4%5

Oklahoma City151 mi away

4%5

Wister10.8 mi away

3%4

McAlester48.9 mi away

3%4

Durant107.6 mi away

3%4

Talihina16.3 mi away

2%3

Stigler23.6 mi away

2%3

Heavener17.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%62

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

How far

How far Fanshawe commutes

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

41%

18%

34%

8%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fanshawe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fanshawe are

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

Jobs based in Fanshawe

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Fanshawe residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+76%

Jobs based in Fanshawe, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 120. 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.