Work & commute · Glenpool

Work & commute in Glenpool, OK

Most working residents leave Glenpool for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (46%), Broken Arrow (5%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

421 of 6,287 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,866 Glenpool residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 2,695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenpool.

5,866live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

2,695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenpool goes to work

Tulsa13.6 mi away

46%2,880

Glenpool (in town)right here

7%421

Broken Arrow13.9 mi away

5%313

Oklahoma City90.9 mi away

4%278

Jenks3.8 mi away

4%275

Bixby7.2 mi away

4%235

Sapulpa7.5 mi away

4%223

Catoosa20.7 mi away

1%71

Owasso25.2 mi away

1%55

Preston16.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,487

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

How far

How far Glenpool commutes

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

37%

47%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenpool is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenpool are

3,116 jobs are based in Glenpool. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenpool’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glenpool

3,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Glenpool residents hold

6,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+55%

Jobs based in Glenpool, 2013 → 2023: 2,006 → 3,116. 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.