Work & commute · Rocky Mountain

Work & commute in Rocky Mountain, OK

Most working residents leave Rocky Mountain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stilwell (26%), Tahlequah (10%) and Catoosa (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 183 Rocky Mountain residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Mountain.

183live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Mountain goes to work

Stilwell8 mi away

26%48

Tahlequah14.2 mi away

10%19

Catoosa62 mi away

6%11

Westville17.6 mi away

4%8

Sallisaw22.9 mi away

4%8

Tulsa67.4 mi away

3%6

Oklahoma City155.6 mi away

3%6

Siloam Springs, AR30.4 mi away

2%4

Muskogee33 mi away

2%4

Rocky Mountain (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%69

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

How far

How far Rocky Mountain commutes

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

35%

23%

12%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Rocky Mountain

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rocky Mountain residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+117%

Jobs based in Rocky Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 239. 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.