Work & commute · McCurtain

Work & commute in McCurtain, OK

Most working residents leave McCurtain for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Stigler (18%), Muskogee (5%) and Fort Smith (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 109 McCurtain residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCurtain.

109live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCurtain goes to work

Stigler11.3 mi away

18%20

Muskogee46.5 mi away

5%6

Fort Smith, AR36.3 mi away

4%5

Keota7.8 mi away

4%5

McCurtain (in town)right here

4%5

Oklahoma City145.2 mi away

4%4

Heavener27.1 mi away

3%3

Durant113.8 mi away

3%3

Poteau21 mi away

3%3

Red Oak15.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%58

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

How far

How far McCurtain commutes

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

11%

31%

27%

32%

11%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCurtain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McCurtain are

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

Jobs based in McCurtain

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs McCurtain residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in McCurtain, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 106. 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.