Work & commute · Muldrow

Work & commute in Muldrow, OK

Most working residents leave Muldrow for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (30%), Sallisaw (6%) and Roland (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,312 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,199 Muldrow residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muldrow.

1,199live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muldrow goes to work

Fort Smith, AR13.3 mi away

30%394

Muldrow (in town)right here

9%113

Sallisaw12.5 mi away

6%85

Roland5.1 mi away

4%59

Tulsa88.6 mi away

4%59

Van Buren, AR14.1 mi away

4%50

Oklahoma City164.2 mi away

4%49

Pocola12.8 mi away

2%22

Muskogee48.7 mi away

1%19

Fayetteville, AR52.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%444

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

How far

How far Muldrow commutes

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

19%

46%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muldrow is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Muldrow are

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

Jobs based in Muldrow

757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Muldrow residents hold

1,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+50%

Jobs based in Muldrow, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 757. 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.