Work & commute · Inola

Work & commute in Inola, OK

Most working residents leave Inola for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (30%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Claremore (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

87 of 794 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 707 Inola residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inola.

707live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inola goes to work

Tulsa19.7 mi away

30%242

Inola (in town)right here

11%87

Oklahoma City118.8 mi away

6%46

Claremore14.4 mi away

6%44

Catoosa13.2 mi away

5%37

Broken Arrow14.1 mi away

5%37

Pryor Creek18.5 mi away

2%14

Muskogee27.7 mi away

2%12

Gregory4.1 mi away

2%12

Bixby21.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%252

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

How far

How far Inola commutes

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

16%

54%

17%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Inola are

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

Jobs based in Inola

638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Inola residents hold

794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Inola, 2013 → 2023: 560 → 638. 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.