Work & commute · Teresita

Work & commute in Teresita, OK

Most working residents leave Teresita for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (35%), Tulsa (14%) and Catoosa (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50 Teresita residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Teresita.

50live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Teresita goes to work

Tahlequah14.7 mi away

35%18

Tulsa51.5 mi away

14%7

Catoosa44.2 mi away

8%4

Kansas12.1 mi away

4%2

Muskogee33.6 mi away

4%2

Salina15.2 mi away

2%1

Geronimo223 mi away

2%1

Westville24.5 mi away

2%1

Stilwell28.9 mi away

2%1

Cushing100 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%13

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

How far

How far Teresita commutes

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

45%

29%

22%

4%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Teresita is a job hub

2.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Teresita are

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

Jobs based in Teresita

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Teresita residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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.