Work & commute · Vian

Work & commute in Vian, OK

Most working residents leave Vian for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sallisaw (12%), Tulsa (9%) and Muskogee (8%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 371 Vian residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vian.

371live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vian goes to work

Sallisaw9.6 mi away

12%46

Tulsa67.7 mi away

9%36

Muskogee27.3 mi away

8%33

Oklahoma City143.1 mi away

7%28

Gore8.3 mi away

7%27

Fort Smith, AR35.4 mi away

6%23

Vian (in town)right here

5%20

Tahlequah28.1 mi away

2%8

Carlisle3.5 mi away

2%8

Heavener47 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%157

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

How far

How far Vian commutes

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

23%

13%

24%

39%

23%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vian is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vian are

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

Jobs based in Vian

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Vian residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−32%

Jobs based in Vian, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 265. 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.