Work & commute · Stilwell

Work & commute in Stilwell, OK

About one in 3 of Stilwell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Westville (5%), Tahlequah (5%) and Catoosa (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

428 of 1,396 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 968 Stilwell residents head out of town to work, 428 work right here, and 1,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stilwell.

968live here, work elsewhere

428live and work here

1,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stilwell goes to work

Stilwell (in town)right here

31%428

Westville12.4 mi away

5%76

Tahlequah20.5 mi away

5%76

Catoosa68.5 mi away

5%64

Tulsa74.3 mi away

4%58

Oklahoma City163.6 mi away

3%45

Rocky Mountain8 mi away

3%44

Siloam Springs, AR26.2 mi away

3%41

Sallisaw26.4 mi away

2%24

Muskogee40.9 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%516

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

How far

How far Stilwell commutes

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

40%

15%

17%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stilwell is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stilwell are

2,310 jobs are based in Stilwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stilwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stilwell

2,310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Stilwell residents hold

1,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−15%

Jobs based in Stilwell, 2013 → 2023: 2,730 → 2,310. 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.