Work & commute · Oakhurst

Work & commute in Oakhurst, OK

Most working residents leave Oakhurst for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (45%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Broken Arrow (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 959 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 937 Oakhurst residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 1,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakhurst.

937live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

1,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakhurst goes to work

Tulsa9.5 mi away

45%434

Oklahoma City91.7 mi away

6%54

Broken Arrow15.7 mi away

5%47

Sapulpa6.3 mi away

5%44

Sand Springs5.1 mi away

3%31

Oakhurst (in town)right here

2%22

Jenks7.6 mi away

2%19

Catoosa17.7 mi away

2%18

Owasso19.1 mi away

2%15

Stillwater56.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%264

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

How far

How far Oakhurst commutes

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

54%

26%

17%

54%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakhurst is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakhurst are

1,943 jobs are based in Oakhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakhurst

1,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Oakhurst residents hold

959 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+102%

Jobs based in Oakhurst, 2013 → 2023: 961 → 1,943. 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.