Work & commute · Phillips

Work & commute in Phillips, OK

Most working residents leave Phillips for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Coalgate (30%), Atoka (8%) and Durant (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 38 Phillips residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phillips.

38live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phillips goes to work

Coalgate1.9 mi away

30%12

Atoka9.7 mi away

8%3

Durant36.5 mi away

8%3

Phillips (in town)right here

5%2

Tulsa113.6 mi away

5%2

Paoli63.2 mi away

3%1

Stonewall20 mi away

3%1

Holdenville41.3 mi away

3%1

Wewoka46.9 mi away

3%1

Henryetta66.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%13

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

How far

How far Phillips commutes

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

40%

15%

20%

25%

40%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phillips is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Phillips are

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

Jobs based in Phillips

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Phillips residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+1167%

Jobs based in Phillips, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 38. 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.