Work & commute · Sapulpa

Work & commute in Sapulpa, OK

Most working residents leave Sapulpa for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (36%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Broken Arrow (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,316 of 10,929 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 9,613 Sapulpa residents head out of town to work, 1,316 work right here, and 7,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sapulpa.

9,613live here, work elsewhere

1,316live and work here

7,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sapulpa goes to work

Tulsa15 mi away

36%3,883

Sapulpa (in town)right here

12%1,316

Oklahoma City86.4 mi away

9%933

Broken Arrow19 mi away

4%404

Jenks8.4 mi away

2%252

Sand Springs8.9 mi away

2%224

Bixby14.3 mi away

2%169

Glenpool7.5 mi away

1%146

Owasso25.3 mi away

1%128

Stillwater53.8 mi away

1%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,357

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

How far

How far Sapulpa commutes

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

32%

39%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sapulpa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sapulpa are

8,741 jobs are based in Sapulpa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sapulpa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sapulpa

8,741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sapulpa residents hold

10,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in Sapulpa, 2013 → 2023: 8,500 → 8,741. 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.