Work & commute · Spiro

Work & commute in Spiro, OK

Most working residents leave Spiro for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Smith (31%), Poteau (6%) and Sallisaw (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

72 of 745 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 673 Spiro residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spiro.

673live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spiro goes to work

Fort Smith, AR16.1 mi away

31%231

Spiro (in town)right here

10%72

Poteau12 mi away

6%47

Sallisaw18.4 mi away

4%31

Pocola8.9 mi away

3%24

Oklahoma City163.6 mi away

3%22

Tulsa94.4 mi away

3%19

Durant132.3 mi away

2%17

Van Buren, AR21.1 mi away

2%14

Stigler27.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%255

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

How far

How far Spiro commutes

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

13%

54%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spiro is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spiro are

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

Jobs based in Spiro

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Spiro residents hold

745 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 month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−43%

Jobs based in Spiro, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 481. 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.