Work & commute · Tecumseh

Work & commute in Tecumseh, OK

Most working residents leave Tecumseh for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (21%), Shawnee (21%) and Norman (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

216 of 2,352 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,136 Tecumseh residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 1,069 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tecumseh.

2,136live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

1,069work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tecumseh goes to work

Oklahoma City35.6 mi away

21%501

Shawnee7.4 mi away

21%487

Tecumseh (in town)right here

9%216

Norman23.3 mi away

4%86

Tulsa83.1 mi away

3%70

Seminole16.2 mi away

2%58

Edmond39.1 mi away

1%30

Midwest City28.3 mi away

1%22

Moore30.8 mi away

1%19

Ada37.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%844

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

How far

How far Tecumseh commutes

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

45%

33%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tecumseh is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tecumseh are

1,285 jobs are based in Tecumseh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tecumseh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tecumseh

1,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Tecumseh residents hold

2,352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−8%

Jobs based in Tecumseh, 2013 → 2023: 1,401 → 1,285. 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.