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Work & commute in Pawhuska, OK

About one in 3 of Pawhuska’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (9%), Bartlesville (7%) and Oklahoma City (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
37%
422 of 1,145 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 723 Pawhuska residents head out of town to work, 422 work right here, and 1,126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawhuska.

723live here, work elsewhere
422live and work here
1,126work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pawhuska goes to work

FairfaxHominyClevelandPawhuskaSkiatookPonca CityBartlesvilleStillwaterTulsaOklahoma CityBroken ArrowMcCordTulsaBartlesvilleOklahoma CityHominySkiatookStillwaterClevelandBroken ArrowPonca CityPawhuska
1
Pawhuska (in town)right here
37%422
2
Tulsa44.3 mi away
9%100
3
Bartlesville21.7 mi away
7%83
4
Oklahoma City106.1 mi away
6%70
5
Hominy17.4 mi away
1%16
6
Skiatook30.9 mi away
1%16
7
Stillwater55.6 mi away
1%16
8
Cleveland26 mi away
1%14
9
Broken Arrow53.1 mi away
1%13
10
Ponca City40.9 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%383

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

How far

How far Pawhuska commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pawhuska is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawhuska are

1,548 jobs are based in Pawhuska. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pawhuska’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pawhuska

1,548 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Pawhuska residents hold

1,145 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month43%
−22%

Jobs based in Pawhuska, 2013 → 2023: 1,986 → 1,548. 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.

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