Work & commute · Okmulgee

Work & commute in Okmulgee, OK

About one in 4 of Okmulgee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (19%), Preston (5%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

975 of 4,065 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,090 Okmulgee residents head out of town to work, 975 work right here, and 2,854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okmulgee.

3,090live here, work elsewhere

975live and work here

2,854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okmulgee goes to work

Okmulgee (in town)right here

24%975

Tulsa34.9 mi away

19%781

Preston6.3 mi away

5%208

Oklahoma City88.4 mi away

4%152

Broken Arrow30.1 mi away

3%118

Muskogee34.5 mi away

3%106

Jenks25.8 mi away

2%73

Henryetta12.8 mi away

2%67

Bixby22.5 mi away

2%66

Sapulpa27.9 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,463

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

How far

How far Okmulgee commutes

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

34%

37%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okmulgee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Okmulgee are

3,829 jobs are based in Okmulgee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Okmulgee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Okmulgee

3,829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Okmulgee residents hold

4,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+2%

Jobs based in Okmulgee, 2013 → 2023: 3,756 → 3,829. 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.