Work & commute · Shady Grove

Work & commute in Shady Grove, OK

Most working residents leave Shady Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (24%), Tulsa (16%) and Hulbert (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 187 Shady Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Grove.

187live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Grove goes to work

Tahlequah7.1 mi away

24%46

Tulsa46.8 mi away

16%31

Hulbert3 mi away

6%11

Muskogee20.3 mi away

6%11

Catoosa41 mi away

5%9

Oklahoma City139.7 mi away

4%8

Wagoner15.8 mi away

3%6

Broken Arrow39.1 mi away

2%4

Bentonville, AR55.7 mi away

1%2

Fayetteville, AR52.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%59

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

How far

How far Shady Grove commutes

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

35%

15%

29%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Grove is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Grove are

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

Jobs based in Shady Grove

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Shady Grove residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+215%

Jobs based in Shady Grove, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 126. 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.