Work & commute · Pettit

Work & commute in Pettit, OK

Most working residents leave Pettit for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (30%), Muskogee (10%) and Tulsa (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 334 Pettit residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pettit.

334live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pettit goes to work

Tahlequah9.5 mi away

30%101

Muskogee21.4 mi away

10%33

Tulsa57.3 mi away

10%33

Catoosa52.5 mi away

4%13

Oklahoma City144 mi away

4%13

Keys2.8 mi away

4%12

Broken Arrow48.8 mi away

3%10

Pettit (in town)right here

2%8

Stilwell19.6 mi away

2%6

Fort Gibson15.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%107

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

How far

How far Pettit commutes

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

26%

29%

36%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pettit is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pettit are

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

Jobs based in Pettit

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pettit residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+30%

Jobs based in Pettit, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 96. 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.