Work & commute · Owasso

Work & commute in Owasso, OK

Most working residents leave Owasso for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (45%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Broken Arrow (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,331 of 16,740 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 14,409 Owasso residents head out of town to work, 2,331 work right here, and 10,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owasso.

14,409live here, work elsewhere

2,331live and work here

10,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owasso goes to work

Tulsa11.6 mi away

45%7,493

Owasso (in town)right here

14%2,331

Oklahoma City109.7 mi away

5%813

Broken Arrow17.4 mi away

4%690

Catoosa8.2 mi away

2%347

Claremore12.7 mi away

2%303

Bixby23.7 mi away

1%190

Collinsville6 mi away

1%163

Jenks21.4 mi away

1%133

Muskogee46.1 mi away

1%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,155

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

How far

How far Owasso commutes

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

34%

50%

12%

34%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owasso is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Owasso are

12,566 jobs are based in Owasso. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owasso’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owasso

12,566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Owasso residents hold

16,740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+37%

Jobs based in Owasso, 2013 → 2023: 9,176 → 12,566. 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.