Work & commute · Stringtown

Work & commute in Stringtown, OK

Most working residents leave Stringtown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Atoka (19%), Oklahoma City (11%) and McAlester (8%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

44 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 112 Stringtown residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stringtown.

112live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stringtown goes to work

Atoka7.2 mi away

19%22

Oklahoma City107.5 mi away

11%13

McAlester35.4 mi away

8%9

Hugo44.3 mi away

4%5

Durant38 mi away

4%5

Stringtown (in town)right here

3%4

Tulsa114.9 mi away

3%4

Ardmore64.2 mi away

3%4

Coalgate10.4 mi away

3%3

Tishomingo39.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%45

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

How far

How far Stringtown commutes

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

23%

25%

43%

23%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stringtown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stringtown are

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

Jobs based in Stringtown

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Stringtown residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+26%

Jobs based in Stringtown, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 97. 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.