Work & commute · Vera

Work & commute in Vera, OK

Most working residents leave Vera for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (30%), Bartlesville (15%) and Oklahoma City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 131 Vera residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vera.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vera goes to work

Tulsa22.4 mi away

30%40

Bartlesville20 mi away

15%20

Oklahoma City113.4 mi away

6%8

Collinsville5.9 mi away

3%4

Broken Arrow29.2 mi away

3%4

Fayetteville, AR99.7 mi away

2%3

Owasso11.9 mi away

2%3

Claremore18.4 mi away

2%3

Peoria75 mi away

2%2

Ochelata11.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%43

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

How far

How far Vera commutes

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

10%

51%

21%

18%

10%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vera is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vera are

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

Jobs based in Vera

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Vera residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+36%

Jobs based in Vera, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 135. 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.