Work & commute · Wright

Work & commute in Wright, OK

Most working residents leave Wright for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (11%), Hochatown (11%) and Idabel (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 192 Wright residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright.

192live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright goes to work

Broken Bow15.4 mi away

11%22

Hochatown15.1 mi away

11%22

Idabel15.2 mi away

9%19

Wright City (in town)right here

7%14

Oklahoma City172.1 mi away

5%10

Fort Smith, AR95.7 mi away

3%6

Valliant5.9 mi away

3%6

Durant79.5 mi away

3%6

Tulsa151.2 mi away

3%6

Hugo29.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%91

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

How far

How far Wright commutes

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

17%

43%

36%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright is a job hub

3.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wright are

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

Jobs based in Wright

756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Wright residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+460%

Jobs based in Wright, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 756. 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.