Work & commute · Red Oak

Work & commute in Red Oak, OK

Most working residents leave Red Oak for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wilburton (16%), Poteau (8%) and Oklahoma City (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 158 Red Oak residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Oak.

158live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Oak goes to work

Wilburton12.9 mi away

16%26

Poteau27.7 mi away

8%13

Oklahoma City142 mi away

7%11

Red Oak (in town)right here

5%9

Stigler21.4 mi away

5%8

Durant99.8 mi away

3%5

Fort Smith, AR48.6 mi away

2%4

Talihina13.9 mi away

2%4

Tulsa93.5 mi away

2%4

Hugo69.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%80

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

How far

How far Red Oak commutes

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

37%

15%

39%

8%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Oak 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 Red Oak are

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

Jobs based in Red Oak

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Red Oak residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−20%

Jobs based in Red Oak, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 110. 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.