Most of Bache commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Bache; the top destination outside it is McAlester (30%, 7 miles). 11 jobs are based in Bache for 33 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across Oklahoma.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bache quiets down on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Bache on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Bache’s working residents head each day
Where Bache clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Bache
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bache, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 11. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Bache’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bache
of Bache workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Bache commutes less than 28 miles
About 39% 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 Bache: questions
What is the median household income in Bache?
$28,393 (±$24,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bache?
26.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bache work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAlester (30%, 7 mi), Krebs (9%, 5 mi), Oklahoma City (9%, 112 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bache without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bache, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bache
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.