Work & commute · Oktaha

Work & commute in Oktaha, OK

Most working residents leave Oktaha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Muskogee (43%), Tulsa (10%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 135 Oktaha residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oktaha.

135live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oktaha goes to work

Muskogee13.4 mi away

43%58

Tulsa44.8 mi away

10%14

Oklahoma City114.7 mi away

3%4

Fort Gibson18.7 mi away

2%3

Shawnee84.4 mi away

2%3

Fort Smith, AR64.3 mi away

1%2

Eufaula20.6 mi away

1%2

Wagoner27.4 mi away

1%2

Pryor Creek50.8 mi away

1%2

Coweta29.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%44

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

How far

How far Oktaha commutes

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

50%

27%

19%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oktaha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oktaha are

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

Jobs based in Oktaha

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Oktaha residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−29%

Jobs based in Oktaha, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 125. 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.