Work & commute · Jenks

Work & commute in Jenks, OK

Most working residents leave Jenks for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (50%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Broken Arrow (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,044 of 11,562 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,518 Jenks residents head out of town to work, 1,044 work right here, and 7,092 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jenks.

10,518live here, work elsewhere

1,044live and work here

7,092work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jenks goes to work

Tulsa9.8 mi away

50%5,815

Jenks (in town)right here

9%1,044

Oklahoma City93.9 mi away

5%612

Broken Arrow10.9 mi away

5%569

Bixby6.4 mi away

3%328

Sapulpa8.4 mi away

2%278

Glenpool3.8 mi away

1%163

Owasso21.4 mi away

1%101

Oakhurst7.6 mi away

1%78

Catoosa16.9 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%2,498

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

How far

How far Jenks commutes

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

56%

28%

13%

56%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jenks is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jenks are

8,136 jobs are based in Jenks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jenks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jenks

8,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Jenks residents hold

11,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+68%

Jobs based in Jenks, 2013 → 2023: 4,831 → 8,136. 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.