Work & commute · Soper

Work & commute in Soper, OK

Most working residents leave Soper for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hugo (12%), Boswell (11%) and Durant (9%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

41 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 72 Soper residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soper.

72live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soper goes to work

Hugo10.7 mi away

12%9

Boswell9.9 mi away

11%8

Durant39.9 mi away

9%7

Soper (in town)right here

3%2

Coalgate45.7 mi away

3%2

Atoka34.9 mi away

3%2

Idabel50.8 mi away

3%2

Oklahoma City143.1 mi away

3%2

Mineral Springs, AR102.3 mi away

1%1

Waldron, AR109.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%38

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

How far

How far Soper commutes

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

13%

26%

25%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soper is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Soper are

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

Jobs based in Soper

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Soper residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+200%

Jobs based in Soper, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 60. 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.