Work & commute · Quapaw

Work & commute in Quapaw, OK

Most working residents leave Quapaw for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (20%), Joplin (13%) and Baxter Springs (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 343 Quapaw residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quapaw.

343live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quapaw goes to work

Miami6.3 mi away

20%70

Joplin, MO18 mi away

13%47

Baxter Springs, KS5.6 mi away

6%21

Commerce4.3 mi away

4%13

Tulsa84 mi away

3%12

Oklahoma City183.3 mi away

2%8

Quapaw (in town)right here

2%7

Wyandotte10.4 mi away

2%7

Seneca, MO12.2 mi away

1%5

Grove25.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%155

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

How far

How far Quapaw commutes

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

49%

26%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quapaw is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quapaw are

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

Jobs based in Quapaw

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Quapaw residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−16%

Jobs based in Quapaw, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 232. 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.