Work & commute · Ketchum

Work & commute in Ketchum, OK

Most working residents leave Ketchum for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Vinita (17%), Tulsa (12%) and Grove (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 182 Ketchum residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ketchum.

182live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ketchum goes to work

Vinita8.1 mi away

17%32

Tulsa55.9 mi away

12%22

Grove14.1 mi away

4%7

Bartlesville52.8 mi away

4%7

Oklahoma City157 mi away

4%7

Ketchum (in town)right here

3%6

Pryor Creek22.3 mi away

3%6

Joplin, MO47.7 mi away

3%5

Claremore35.4 mi away

2%4

Chelsea22.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%89

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

How far

How far Ketchum commutes

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

19%

29%

18%

34%

19%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ketchum is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ketchum are

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

Jobs based in Ketchum

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ketchum residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+398%

Jobs based in Ketchum, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 249. 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.