Work & commute · Wetumka

Work & commute in Wetumka, OK

Most working residents leave Wetumka for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (9%), Tulsa (8%) and Holdenville (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

67 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Wetumka residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wetumka.

315live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wetumka goes to work

Wetumka (in town)right here

18%67

Oklahoma City73.8 mi away

9%35

Tulsa64 mi away

8%31

Holdenville14.5 mi away

7%25

Okemah13.5 mi away

3%13

Weleetka8.7 mi away

3%10

Muskogee60.3 mi away

2%9

Shawnee41.7 mi away

2%8

Wewoka16.3 mi away

2%7

Preston35.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%170

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

How far

How far Wetumka commutes

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

21%

14%

44%

21%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wetumka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wetumka are

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

Jobs based in Wetumka

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Wetumka residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−10%

Jobs based in Wetumka, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 421. 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.