Work & commute · Nowata

Work & commute in Nowata, OK

About one in 4 of Nowata’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bartlesville (15%), Tulsa (13%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

344 of 1,347 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,003 Nowata residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 981 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nowata.

1,003live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

981work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nowata goes to work

Nowata (in town)right here

26%344

Bartlesville17.4 mi away

15%198

Tulsa42.1 mi away

13%178

Oklahoma City135 mi away

4%56

Coffeyville, KS23.1 mi away

3%44

Claremore26.6 mi away

3%36

Broken Arrow46.3 mi away

2%32

Catoosa36.6 mi away

1%18

Owasso30.5 mi away

1%13

Muskogee67.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%416

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

How far

How far Nowata commutes

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

27%

24%

31%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nowata is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nowata are

1,325 jobs are based in Nowata. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nowata’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nowata

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Nowata residents hold

1,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+9%

Jobs based in Nowata, 2013 → 2023: 1,221 → 1,325. 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.