Work & commute · Westville

Work & commute in Westville, OK

About one in 4 of Westville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Siloam Springs (10%), Stilwell (5%) and Gentry (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

100 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 342 Westville residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westville.

342live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westville goes to work

Westville (in town)right here

23%100

Siloam Springs, AR13.8 mi away

10%45

Stilwell12.4 mi away

5%21

Gentry, AR18.6 mi away

5%20

Catoosa68.1 mi away

4%19

Tahlequah23.2 mi away

4%19

Tulsa74.8 mi away

4%17

Fayetteville, AR23.5 mi away

4%16

Oklahoma City168.7 mi away

3%15

Muskogee46.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%163

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

How far

How far Westville commutes

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

29%

32%

10%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westville is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Westville are

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

Jobs based in Westville

770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Westville residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−31%

Jobs based in Westville, 2013 → 2023: 1,124 → 770. 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.