Work & commute · Wewoka

Work & commute in Wewoka, OK

About one in 4 of Wewoka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (11%), Seminole (8%) and Holdenville (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

308 of 1,136 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 828 Wewoka residents head out of town to work, 308 work right here, and 994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wewoka.

828live here, work elsewhere

308live and work here

994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wewoka goes to work

Wewoka (in town)right here

27%308

Oklahoma City61.5 mi away

11%127

Seminole10.7 mi away

8%96

Holdenville6.8 mi away

6%63

Tulsa75.7 mi away

4%46

Shawnee30.2 mi away

3%31

Dixon1.7 mi away

2%27

Norman48.4 mi away

2%20

Stillwater75.5 mi away

1%14

Ada27.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%391

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

How far

How far Wewoka commutes

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

42%

12%

10%

36%

42%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wewoka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wewoka are

1,302 jobs are based in Wewoka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wewoka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wewoka

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Wewoka residents hold

1,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−14%

Jobs based in Wewoka, 2013 → 2023: 1,513 → 1,302. 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.