Work & commute · McAlester

Work & commute in McAlester, OK

45% of McAlester’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (4%), Krebs (3%) and Muskogee (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

2,593 of 5,706 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 3,113 McAlester residents head out of town to work, 2,593 work right here, and 5,917 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McAlester.

3,113live here, work elsewhere

2,593live and work here

5,917work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McAlester goes to work

McAlester (in town)right here

45%2,593

Oklahoma City105.1 mi away

4%211

Krebs3.1 mi away

3%161

Muskogee61.2 mi away

3%154

Tulsa83.4 mi away

3%148

Durant73.4 mi away

3%143

Wilburton26.6 mi away

1%75

Fort Smith, AR84.5 mi away

1%55

Eufaula27.4 mi away

1%52

Stigler43.7 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,063

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

How far

How far McAlester commutes

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

54%

35%

54%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McAlester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McAlester are

8,510 jobs are based in McAlester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McAlester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McAlester

8,510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs McAlester residents hold

5,706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−9%

Jobs based in McAlester, 2013 → 2023: 9,344 → 8,510. 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.