Work & commute · Kaw

Work & commute in Kaw, OK

Most working residents leave Kaw for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ponca City (16%), Oklahoma City (14%) and Newkirk (13%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 94 Kaw residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaw.

94live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaw goes to work

Ponca City11.8 mi away

16%15

Oklahoma City96.9 mi away

14%13

Newkirk13.3 mi away

13%12

Arkansas City, KS23.4 mi away

5%5

Tonkawa26 mi away

5%5

Tulsa69.2 mi away

4%4

Edmond81.5 mi away

3%3

Sallisaw145.9 mi away

2%2

Stillwater45.5 mi away

2%2

White Eagle15.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%32

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

How far

How far Kaw commutes

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

47%

13%

36%

4%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaw is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaw are

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

Jobs based in Kaw

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kaw residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+35%

Jobs based in Kaw, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 109. 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.