Work & commute · Olustee

Work & commute in Olustee, OK

Most working residents leave Olustee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Altus (26%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Weatherford (3%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 112 Olustee residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olustee.

112live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olustee goes to work

Altus10 mi away

26%30

Oklahoma City125.4 mi away

10%12

Olustee (in town)right here

4%5

Weatherford80.2 mi away

3%4

East Duke11.5 mi away

3%3

Clinton71.1 mi away

3%3

Tulsa226.5 mi away

3%3

Lawton57.2 mi away

3%3

Quanah, TX25.2 mi away

3%3

Eldorado13.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%49

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

How far

How far Olustee commutes

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

30%

12%

51%

30%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olustee is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olustee are

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

Jobs based in Olustee

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Olustee residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+119%

Jobs based in Olustee, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 81. 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.