Work & commute · Salina

Work & commute in Salina, OK

Most working residents leave Salina for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (13%), Pryor Creek (11%) and Claremore (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

66 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 365 Salina residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salina.

365live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salina goes to work

Salina (in town)right here

15%66

Tulsa43.1 mi away

13%54

Pryor Creek8.7 mi away

11%46

Claremore25.3 mi away

4%18

Broken Arrow39.2 mi away

4%18

Oklahoma City143.8 mi away

3%12

Catoosa35.1 mi away

3%11

Vinita24.9 mi away

2%10

Tahlequah28.1 mi away

2%9

Muskogee39.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%181

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

How far

How far Salina commutes

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

39%

11%

33%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salina are

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

Jobs based in Salina

597 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Salina residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+47%

Jobs based in Salina, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 597. 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.