Work & commute · Fort Towson

Work & commute in Fort Towson, OK

Most working residents leave Fort Towson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hugo (18%), Durant (7%) and Broken Bow (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 179 Fort Towson residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Towson.

179live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Towson goes to work

Hugo13.5 mi away

18%33

Durant63.9 mi away

7%13

Broken Bow30.7 mi away

6%11

Idabel27.4 mi away

6%11

Fort Towson (in town)right here

5%9

Oklahoma City161.1 mi away

4%8

Paris, TX29.4 mi away

4%8

Valliant11.5 mi away

4%7

Antlers24.2 mi away

4%7

Wright City15.7 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%76

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

How far

How far Fort Towson commutes

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

20%

30%

19%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Towson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Towson are

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

Jobs based in Fort Towson

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Towson residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−41%

Jobs based in Fort Towson, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 191. 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.