Work & commute · Whitefield

Work & commute in Whitefield, OK

Most working residents leave Whitefield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stigler (13%), Quinton (7%) and McAlester (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 98 Whitefield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitefield.

98live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitefield goes to work

Stigler7.2 mi away

13%13

Quinton11.2 mi away

7%7

McAlester37.5 mi away

5%5

Oklahoma City128.7 mi away

5%5

Poteau38.1 mi away

4%4

Fort Smith, AR49.7 mi away

3%3

Kinta9.3 mi away

3%3

Eufaula19.5 mi away

3%3

Sallisaw28.4 mi away

3%3

Muskogee34.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%50

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

How far

How far Whitefield commutes

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

20%

22%

33%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitefield are

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

Jobs based in Whitefield

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Whitefield residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+122%

Jobs based in Whitefield, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 80. 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.