Work & commute · Oilton

Work & commute in Oilton, OK

Most working residents leave Oilton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (14%), Tulsa (11%) and Drumright (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 338 Oilton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oilton.

338live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oilton goes to work

Oklahoma City67.4 mi away

14%47

Tulsa38 mi away

11%39

Drumright6.5 mi away

5%18

Mannford14.4 mi away

5%18

Cushing12.3 mi away

3%12

Sand Springs25.6 mi away

3%12

Oilton (in town)right here

2%8

Pawnee22.3 mi away

2%8

Broken Arrow44.6 mi away

2%8

Stillwater27.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%169

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

How far

How far Oilton commutes

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

13%

20%

29%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oilton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oilton are

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

Jobs based in Oilton

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Oilton residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+283%

Jobs based in Oilton, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 88. 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.