Work & commute · Gans

Work & commute in Gans, OK

Most working residents leave Gans for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sallisaw (21%), Fort Smith (19%) and Oklahoma City (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 102 Gans residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gans.

102live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gans goes to work

Sallisaw8.2 mi away

21%22

Fort Smith, AR18.4 mi away

19%20

Oklahoma City158.9 mi away

10%10

Muldrow5.5 mi away

7%7

Tulsa84.9 mi away

4%4

Fayetteville, AR55.7 mi away

2%2

Moffett13.4 mi away

2%2

Stigler25.5 mi away

2%2

Roland10.6 mi away

2%2

Poteau22.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%30

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

How far

How far Gans commutes

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

36%

28%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gans is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gans are

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

Jobs based in Gans

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Gans residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.