Work & commute · Heavener

Work & commute in Heavener, OK

About one in 4 of Heavener’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Poteau (14%), Fort Smith (6%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

268 of 971 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 703 Heavener residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 1,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heavener.

703live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

1,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heavener goes to work

Heavener (in town)right here

28%268

Poteau12.1 mi away

14%133

Fort Smith, AR34.3 mi away

6%54

Oklahoma City168.8 mi away

3%30

Tulsa112.2 mi away

2%24

Durant119.1 mi away

2%21

Howe4.4 mi away

2%17

Pocola26.1 mi away

1%14

Talihina26.5 mi away

1%12

Muskogee72.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%386

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

How far

How far Heavener commutes

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

36%

17%

14%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heavener is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heavener are

1,352 jobs are based in Heavener. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heavener’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heavener

1,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Heavener residents hold

971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−32%

Jobs based in Heavener, 2013 → 2023: 1,980 → 1,352. 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.