Work & commute · Pryor Creek

Work & commute in Pryor Creek, OK

About one in 4 of Pryor Creek’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (15%), Claremore (5%) and Broken Arrow (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,048 of 4,081 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,033 Pryor Creek residents head out of town to work, 1,048 work right here, and 4,552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pryor Creek.

3,033live here, work elsewhere

1,048live and work here

4,552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pryor Creek goes to work

Pryor Creek (in town)right here

26%1,048

Tulsa35 mi away

15%627

Claremore16.6 mi away

5%207

Broken Arrow32 mi away

3%139

Oklahoma City136 mi away

3%117

Chouteau7.8 mi away

2%85

Bartlesville46.6 mi away

2%73

Catoosa26.9 mi away

1%58

Vinita27.5 mi away

1%51

Owasso29.2 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,625

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

How far

How far Pryor Creek commutes

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

41%

12%

33%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pryor Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pryor Creek are

5,600 jobs are based in Pryor Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pryor Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pryor Creek

5,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pryor Creek residents hold

4,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Pryor Creek, 2013 → 2023: 5,223 → 5,600. 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.