Work & commute · Sallisaw

Work & commute in Sallisaw, OK

About one in 3 of Sallisaw’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (9%), Tulsa (5%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,147 of 3,430 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,283 Sallisaw residents head out of town to work, 1,147 work right here, and 3,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sallisaw.

2,283live here, work elsewhere

1,147live and work here

3,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sallisaw goes to work

Sallisaw (in town)right here

33%1,147

Fort Smith, AR25.8 mi away

9%303

Tulsa76.7 mi away

5%185

Oklahoma City152.3 mi away

4%131

Tahlequah32.5 mi away

3%93

Muskogee36.5 mi away

3%87

Poteau29.4 mi away

2%74

Stilwell26.4 mi away

2%53

Broken Arrow67.8 mi away

1%45

Van Buren, AR25.6 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,270

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

How far

How far Sallisaw commutes

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

38%

15%

17%

30%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sallisaw is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sallisaw are

4,303 jobs are based in Sallisaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sallisaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sallisaw

4,303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Sallisaw residents hold

3,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−15%

Jobs based in Sallisaw, 2013 → 2023: 5,082 → 4,303. 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.