Work & commute · Muskogee

Work & commute in Muskogee, OK

47% of Muskogee’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (12%), Oklahoma City (4%) and Broken Arrow (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

7,092 of 15,096 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 8,004 Muskogee residents head out of town to work, 7,092 work right here, and 14,422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muskogee.

8,004live here, work elsewhere

7,092live and work here

14,422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muskogee goes to work

Muskogee (in town)right here

47%7,092

Tulsa40.5 mi away

12%1,871

Oklahoma City122.7 mi away

4%548

Broken Arrow31.5 mi away

2%375

Fort Gibson6 mi away

2%310

Tahlequah24.1 mi away

2%253

Wagoner15.4 mi away

1%151

Fort Smith, AR61.7 mi away

1%132

McAlester61.2 mi away

1%118

Claremore41.9 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%4,137

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

How far

How far Muskogee commutes

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

52%

25%

19%

52%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muskogee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Muskogee are

21,514 jobs are based in Muskogee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muskogee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muskogee

21,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Muskogee residents hold

15,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−5%

Jobs based in Muskogee, 2013 → 2023: 22,540 → 21,514. 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.