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Work & commute in Keys, OK

Most working residents leave Keys for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (27%), Muskogee (10%) and Tulsa (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
12 of 386 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 374 Keys residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keys.

374live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
216work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Keys goes to work

CatoosaTahlequahSapulpaMuskogeeStillwaterTulsaOklahoma CityBroken ArrowZebKeysPettitWoodallCooksonPark HillTahlequahMuskogeeTulsaCatoosaOklahoma CityBroken ArrowPark HillStillwaterWoodallKeys
1
Tahlequah7.7 mi away
27%103
2
Muskogee23.6 mi away
10%40
3
Tulsa58.2 mi away
10%39
4
Catoosa53.2 mi away
3%13
5
Oklahoma City146.3 mi away
3%13
6
Broken Arrow50 mi away
3%13
7
Keys (in town)right here
3%12
8
Park Hill2.8 mi away
2%7
9
Stillwater121.4 mi away
2%6
10
Woodall8 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%134

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

How far

How far Keys commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Keys is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keys are

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

Jobs based in Keys

228 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Keys residents hold

386 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+128%

Jobs based in Keys, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 228. 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.

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