Work & commute · Wagoner

Work & commute in Wagoner, OK

About one in 5 of Wagoner’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (22%), Muskogee (12%) and Oklahoma City (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

623 of 2,999 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,376 Wagoner residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 2,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wagoner.

2,376live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

2,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wagoner goes to work

Tulsa31.4 mi away

22%648

Wagoner (in town)right here

21%623

Muskogee15.4 mi away

12%354

Oklahoma City124.7 mi away

6%177

Broken Arrow23.3 mi away

6%177

Pryor Creek23.4 mi away

2%56

Tahlequah22.7 mi away

2%50

Catoosa26.5 mi away

1%39

Coweta15.8 mi away

1%39

Bixby28 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%802

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

How far

How far Wagoner commutes

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

23%

25%

37%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wagoner is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wagoner are

2,639 jobs are based in Wagoner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wagoner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wagoner

2,639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wagoner residents hold

2,999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Wagoner, 2013 → 2023: 2,564 → 2,639. 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.