Work & commute · Tenkiller

Work & commute in Tenkiller, OK

Most working residents leave Tenkiller for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (17%), Catoosa (11%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Tenkiller residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tenkiller.

133live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tenkiller goes to work

Tahlequah10.2 mi away

17%23

Catoosa57.6 mi away

11%15

Oklahoma City151.2 mi away

5%7

Stilwell12.4 mi away

4%6

Tulsa62.9 mi away

4%5

Keys5 mi away

3%4

Muskogee28.5 mi away

2%3

Peavine15.3 mi away

2%3

Cookson6.6 mi away

2%3

Fort Smith, AR41.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%63

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

How far

How far Tenkiller commutes

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

29%

26%

38%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tenkiller is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tenkiller are

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

Jobs based in Tenkiller

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Tenkiller residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−16%

Jobs based in Tenkiller, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 31. 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.