Work & commute · Shady Point

Work & commute in Shady Point, OK

Most working residents leave Shady Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Poteau (17%), Fort Smith (16%) and Oklahoma City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 300 Shady Point residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Point.

300live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Point goes to work

Poteau5.3 mi away

17%51

Fort Smith, AR22.7 mi away

16%49

Oklahoma City162.1 mi away

6%19

Spiro8.2 mi away

4%11

Heavener16.6 mi away

3%9

Bokoshe8.1 mi away

3%8

Pocola14.2 mi away

2%7

Sallisaw24.3 mi away

2%6

Van Buren, AR28.5 mi away

2%5

Durant125.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%134

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

How far

How far Shady Point commutes

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

36%

28%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Point is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Point are

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

Jobs based in Shady Point

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Shady Point residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+29%

Jobs based in Shady Point, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 115. 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.