Work & commute · Lost

Work & commute in Lost, OK

Most working residents leave Lost for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (22%), Tulsa (12%) and Muskogee (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 276 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 276 Lost residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost.

276live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lost goes to work

Tahlequah10.2 mi away

22%62

Tulsa44.4 mi away

12%33

Muskogee22.1 mi away

10%28

Hulbert4.9 mi away

7%19

Catoosa38.3 mi away

4%10

Broken Arrow37.1 mi away

4%10

Wagoner14.5 mi away

3%9

Oklahoma City139.1 mi away

3%9

Stilwell30.3 mi away

2%5

Springdale, AR55.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%87

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

How far

How far Lost commutes

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

21%

30%

31%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lost is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost are

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

Jobs based in Lost

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lost residents hold

276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+69%

Jobs based in Lost, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 27. 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.