Work & commute · Park Hill

Work & commute in Park Hill, OK

Most working residents leave Park Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (30%), Tulsa (9%) and Muskogee (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,274 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,250 Park Hill residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Hill.

1,250live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Hill goes to work

Tahlequah5.3 mi away

30%386

Tulsa55.8 mi away

9%118

Muskogee22.4 mi away

9%109

Oklahoma City144.9 mi away

3%43

Catoosa50.6 mi away

3%40

Keys2.8 mi away

3%33

Broken Arrow47.6 mi away

2%24

Park Hill (in town)right here

2%24

Fort Gibson16.5 mi away

1%18

Fort Smith, AR47.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%464

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

How far

How far Park Hill commutes

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

41%

13%

14%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Hill is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Hill are

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

Jobs based in Park Hill

270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Park Hill residents hold

1,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−44%

Jobs based in Park Hill, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 270. 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.