Work & commute · Pawnee

Work & commute in Pawnee, OK

About one in 3 of Pawnee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stillwater (9%), Oklahoma City (8%) and Tulsa (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

328 of 935 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 607 Pawnee residents head out of town to work, 328 work right here, and 684 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawnee.

607live here, work elsewhere

328live and work here

684work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawnee goes to work

Pawnee (in town)right here

35%328

Stillwater21.5 mi away

9%83

Oklahoma City73 mi away

8%78

Tulsa52.4 mi away

7%63

Perry28.7 mi away

3%29

Broken Arrow60.6 mi away

1%12

Norman82.6 mi away

1%11

Cleveland18.5 mi away

1%10

Cushing25.8 mi away

1%9

Edmond58 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%303

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

How far

How far Pawnee commutes

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

41%

13%

32%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawnee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawnee are

1,012 jobs are based in Pawnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pawnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pawnee

1,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Pawnee residents hold

935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−4%

Jobs based in Pawnee, 2013 → 2023: 1,052 → 1,012. 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.