About half of Blue’s working residents commute to Durant
Hardly any stay in Blue for work; outside it, Durant is the main destination (48%, 9 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Oklahoma 9%). Blue has 34 jobs for 66 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Blue on a workday
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Blue on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.
0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Blue’s working residents head each day
Where Blue clocks in
48% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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 74% of work in Blue
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 34. 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 Blue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blue
of Blue workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Blue
About 24% 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 Blue: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blue?
17.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blue work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Blue without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 55% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue
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.