Work & commute · Jay

Work & commute in Jay, OK

Most working residents leave Jay for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Grove (8%), Tulsa (5%) and Gentry (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

158 of 813 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 655 Jay residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 1,659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jay.

655live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

1,659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jay goes to work

Jay (in town)right here

19%158

Grove10.9 mi away

8%68

Tulsa65 mi away

5%41

Gentry, AR20.9 mi away

4%29

Oklahoma City165.9 mi away

3%28

Siloam Springs, AR22.3 mi away

3%27

Noel, MO18.7 mi away

3%25

Gravette, AR23.7 mi away

2%20

Southwest City, MO12.2 mi away

2%20

Miami32.1 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%378

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

How far

How far Jay commutes

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

24%

34%

16%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jay is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jay are

1,817 jobs are based in Jay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jay

1,817 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Jay residents hold

813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+12%

Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 1,629 → 1,817. 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.