Work & commute · Holdenville

Work & commute in Holdenville, OK

About one in 3 of Holdenville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Wewoka (6%) and Tulsa (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

595 of 1,965 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,370 Holdenville residents head out of town to work, 595 work right here, and 1,358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holdenville.

1,370live here, work elsewhere

595live and work here

1,358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holdenville goes to work

Holdenville (in town)right here

30%595

Oklahoma City68.1 mi away

10%202

Wewoka6.8 mi away

6%111

Tulsa77.4 mi away

4%84

Seminole17.5 mi away

4%79

Ada26.6 mi away

4%74

Norman54.4 mi away

2%37

Shawnee37 mi away

2%36

Cushing65.2 mi away

1%26

McAlester37.2 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%696

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

How far

How far Holdenville commutes

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

38%

10%

11%

41%

38%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holdenville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Holdenville are

1,953 jobs are based in Holdenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holdenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holdenville

1,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Holdenville residents hold

1,965 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+21%

Jobs based in Holdenville, 2013 → 2023: 1,615 → 1,953. 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.