Work & commute · Fort Gibson

Work & commute in Fort Gibson, OK

Most working residents leave Fort Gibson for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Muskogee (32%), Tulsa (11%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

303 of 1,565 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,262 Fort Gibson residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Gibson.

1,262live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

1,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Gibson goes to work

Muskogee6 mi away

32%500

Fort Gibson (in town)right here

19%303

Tulsa43.1 mi away

11%175

Oklahoma City128.4 mi away

4%59

Tahlequah18.1 mi away

3%51

Broken Arrow34.3 mi away

2%25

McAlester65.8 mi away

1%14

Wagoner14.3 mi away

1%13

Fort Smith, AR58.2 mi away

1%12

Sapulpa50.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%401

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

How far

How far Fort Gibson commutes

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

50%

12%

20%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Gibson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Gibson are

1,689 jobs are based in Fort Gibson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Gibson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Gibson

1,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fort Gibson residents hold

1,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+6%

Jobs based in Fort Gibson, 2013 → 2023: 1,593 → 1,689. 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.