Work & commute · Kiowa

Work & commute in Kiowa, OK

Most working residents leave Kiowa for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are McAlester (23%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Tulsa (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 160 Kiowa residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiowa.

160live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiowa goes to work

McAlester15.8 mi away

23%39

Kiowa (in town)right here

8%13

Oklahoma City104.6 mi away

6%11

Tulsa97.1 mi away

4%7

Durant57.5 mi away

3%6

Pittsburg3.1 mi away

3%5

Atoka26.7 mi away

3%5

Antlers37.4 mi away

2%4

Hugo54 mi away

2%3

Muskogee77 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%77

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

How far

How far Kiowa commutes

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

14%

31%

12%

43%

14%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiowa is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiowa are

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

Jobs based in Kiowa

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kiowa residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−30%

Jobs based in Kiowa, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 121. 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.