Work & commute · Valliant

Work & commute in Valliant, OK

Most working residents leave Valliant for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Idabel (8%), Broken Bow (6%) and Hugo (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

44 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 272 Valliant residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valliant.

272live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valliant goes to work

Valliant (in town)right here

14%44

Idabel16.2 mi away

8%26

Broken Bow19.4 mi away

6%18

Hugo24.8 mi away

5%16

Hochatown20.8 mi away

5%15

Oklahoma City171.2 mi away

4%14

Durant75.3 mi away

3%9

Wright City5.9 mi away

2%7

Tulsa153.8 mi away

2%7

McAlester74.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%154

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

How far

How far Valliant commutes

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

33%

27%

32%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valliant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valliant are

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

Jobs based in Valliant

469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Valliant residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+12%

Jobs based in Valliant, 2013 → 2023: 419 → 469. 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.