Work & commute · Skiatook

Work & commute in Skiatook, OK

Most working residents leave Skiatook for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (35%), Oklahoma City (6%) and Owasso (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

379 of 3,764 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,385 Skiatook residents head out of town to work, 379 work right here, and 1,627 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skiatook.

3,385live here, work elsewhere

379live and work here

1,627work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skiatook goes to work

Tulsa15.3 mi away

35%1,314

Skiatook (in town)right here

10%379

Oklahoma City106.7 mi away

6%224

Owasso7.4 mi away

5%191

Broken Arrow23 mi away

4%134

Bartlesville27 mi away

3%96

Catoosa15.1 mi away

2%72

Sand Springs17.8 mi away

1%42

Collinsville5.2 mi away

1%41

Claremore18.8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,231

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

How far

How far Skiatook commutes

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

18%

55%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skiatook is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Skiatook are

2,006 jobs are based in Skiatook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skiatook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Skiatook

2,006 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Skiatook residents hold

3,764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−10%

Jobs based in Skiatook, 2013 → 2023: 2,231 → 2,006. 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.