Work & commute · Grove

Work & commute in Grove, OK

About one in 4 of Grove’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (9%), Jay (6%) and Miami (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

713 of 2,610 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,897 Grove residents head out of town to work, 713 work right here, and 3,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grove.

1,897live here, work elsewhere

713live and work here

3,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grove goes to work

Grove (in town)right here

27%713

Tulsa69.6 mi away

9%234

Jay10.9 mi away

6%148

Miami21.4 mi away

5%122

Oklahoma City170.8 mi away

3%90

Broken Arrow67.1 mi away

2%59

Noel, MO16.8 mi away

2%49

Southwest City, MO11 mi away

2%41

Vinita15.8 mi away

1%35

Pryor Creek35.2 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,088

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

How far

How far Grove commutes

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

40%

19%

33%

40%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grove are

3,800 jobs are based in Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grove

3,800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Grove residents hold

2,610 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+5%

Jobs based in Grove, 2013 → 2023: 3,615 → 3,800. 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.