Work & commute · Okemah

Work & commute in Okemah, OK

About one in 4 of Okemah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (9%), Tulsa (8%) and Okmulgee (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

311 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 886 Okemah residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 935 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okemah.

886live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

935work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okemah goes to work

Okemah (in town)right here

26%311

Oklahoma City68.3 mi away

9%102

Tulsa53.2 mi away

8%98

Okmulgee23.7 mi away

3%33

Shawnee37.2 mi away

3%31

Preston26.2 mi away

2%27

Henryetta17.7 mi away

2%25

Muskogee57.3 mi away

2%18

Norman60.3 mi away

2%18

McAlester45.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%517

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

How far

How far Okemah commutes

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

29%

15%

19%

37%

29%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okemah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Okemah are

1,246 jobs are based in Okemah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Okemah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Okemah

1,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Okemah residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+2%

Jobs based in Okemah, 2013 → 2023: 1,219 → 1,246. 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.