Work & commute · Weleetka

Work & commute in Weleetka, OK

Most working residents leave Weleetka for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Tulsa (6%) and Henryetta (6%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

28 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 211 Weleetka residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weleetka.

211live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weleetka goes to work

Weleetka (in town)right here

12%28

Oklahoma City78.1 mi away

10%23

Tulsa56 mi away

6%15

Henryetta10.9 mi away

6%14

Okemah11.1 mi away

5%11

Okmulgee22.2 mi away

4%10

Broken Arrow52.2 mi away

3%8

Muskogee51.9 mi away

3%7

Tahlequah76 mi away

2%5

Jenks46.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%113

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

How far

How far Weleetka commutes

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

19%

23%

13%

45%

19%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weleetka is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weleetka are

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

Jobs based in Weleetka

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Weleetka residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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Jobs based in Weleetka, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 235. 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.