Work & commute · Keota

Work & commute in Keota, OK

Most working residents leave Keota for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Stigler (14%), Fort Smith (6%) and Sallisaw (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 115 Keota residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keota.

115live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keota goes to work

Stigler11 mi away

14%18

Keota (in town)right here

8%10

Fort Smith, AR31.7 mi away

6%8

Sallisaw15.4 mi away

4%5

Poteau22 mi away

4%5

Heavener30.9 mi away

2%3

Eufaula37.5 mi away

2%3

Muskogee41.5 mi away

2%3

Oklahoma City146.7 mi away

2%3

Bokoshe8.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%65

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

How far

How far Keota commutes

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

15%

31%

24%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keota is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keota are

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

Jobs based in Keota

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Keota residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+1%

Jobs based in Keota, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 196. 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.