Work & commute · Oklahoma

Work & commute in Oklahoma, PA

Most working residents leave Oklahoma for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are DuBois (23%), Sandy (19%) and Reynoldsville (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 219 Oklahoma residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oklahoma.

219live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oklahoma goes to work

DuBois1.4 mi away

23%53

Sandy2.4 mi away

19%44

Reynoldsville8.1 mi away

3%7

Brookville18.5 mi away

2%5

Smithfield57.2 mi away

2%5

Clearfield16.5 mi away

2%4

Punxsutawney17.1 mi away

2%4

State College50.8 mi away

2%4

College52 mi away

2%4

Pittsburgh79.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%97

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

How far

How far Oklahoma commutes

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

50%

14%

28%

50%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oklahoma is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oklahoma are

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

Jobs based in Oklahoma

620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Oklahoma residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+13%

Jobs based in Oklahoma, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 620. 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.