Work & commute · Gerty

Work & commute in Gerty, OK

Most working residents leave Gerty for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ada (20%), Oklahoma City (17%) and Holdenville (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29 Gerty residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerty.

29live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerty goes to work

Ada22.1 mi away

20%6

Oklahoma City81.8 mi away

17%5

Holdenville18.3 mi away

7%2

Lebanon, MO281.5 mi away

3%1

Gerty (in town)right here

3%1

Whitefield65.8 mi away

3%1

Wewoka24.3 mi away

3%1

McAlester29.9 mi away

3%1

Tecumseh47 mi away

3%1

Claremore109.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%10

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

How far

How far Gerty commutes

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

40%

10%

47%

3%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerty is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerty are

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

Jobs based in Gerty

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Gerty residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+100%

Jobs based in Gerty, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 6. 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.