Work & commute · Welling

Work & commute in Welling, OK

Most working residents leave Welling for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tahlequah (29%), Tulsa (8%) and Muskogee (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 287 Welling residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welling.

287live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welling goes to work

Tahlequah6.3 mi away

29%84

Tulsa60.2 mi away

8%24

Muskogee28.8 mi away

6%17

Claremore51 mi away

4%12

Stilwell14.1 mi away

2%6

Wagoner29 mi away

2%6

Oklahoma City151.1 mi away

2%6

Fort Smith, AR46.2 mi away

1%4

Catoosa54.4 mi away

1%4

Broken Arrow52.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%120

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

How far

How far Welling commutes

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

38%

23%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welling is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welling are

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

Jobs based in Welling

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Welling residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+200%

Jobs based in Welling, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 15. 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.