Work & commute · Kiefer

Work & commute in Kiefer, OK

Most working residents leave Kiefer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (33%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Sapulpa (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,012 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 997 Kiefer residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiefer.

997live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiefer goes to work

Tulsa15.3 mi away

33%330

Oklahoma City88.3 mi away

9%88

Sapulpa5.7 mi away

5%54

Jenks5.8 mi away

4%41

Broken Arrow16.4 mi away

3%32

Glenpool2.6 mi away

3%29

Bixby9.8 mi away

3%28

Mounds4.7 mi away

2%24

Kiefer (in town)right here

1%15

Catoosa22.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%356

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

How far

How far Kiefer commutes

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

31%

42%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiefer is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiefer are

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

Jobs based in Kiefer

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Kiefer residents hold

1,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−42%

Jobs based in Kiefer, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 248. 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.