Work & commute · Idabel

Work & commute in Idabel, OK

About one in 3 of Idabel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hochatown (11%), Broken Bow (8%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

834 of 2,666 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,832 Idabel residents head out of town to work, 834 work right here, and 2,207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Idabel.

1,832live here, work elsewhere

834live and work here

2,207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Idabel goes to work

Idabel (in town)right here

31%834

Hochatown18.1 mi away

11%295

Broken Bow9.6 mi away

8%219

Oklahoma City187 mi away

3%89

Durant90.2 mi away

3%70

Hugo40.2 mi away

2%53

Tulsa165.1 mi away

2%48

De Queen, AR29 mi away

1%39

Wright City15.2 mi away

1%37

Valliant16.2 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%950

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

How far

How far Idabel commutes

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

38%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Idabel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Idabel are

3,041 jobs are based in Idabel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Idabel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Idabel

3,041 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Idabel residents hold

2,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−24%

Jobs based in Idabel, 2013 → 2023: 3,989 → 3,041. 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.