Arpelar has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Arpelar itself; outside it, McAlester draws the most (32%, 10 miles). There are 24 jobs in Arpelar; 79 of its residents have a job. 17% of workers have no commute at all; Oklahoma has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Arpelar
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Arpelar on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Arpelar work
Where Arpelar clocks in
32% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 67% of Arpelar’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arpelar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, about the OK average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arpelar workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Arpelar goes to work
About 40% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arpelar: questions
What is the median household income in Arpelar?
$87,750 (±$45,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arpelar?
17.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arpelar?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arpelar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAlester (32%, 10 mi), Fort Smith (4%, 94 mi), Muskogee (4%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arpelar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arpelar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arpelar
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.