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Jobs & commute in Bluejacket

Most of Bluejacket commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident

There are 32 jobs in Bluejacket; 80 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Bluejacket; the top destination outside it is Welch (10%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Bluejacket by day

On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.

78live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
30work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday200
240live here− 78head out to work+ 30come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Bluejacket on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.40jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Bluejacket’s working residents head each day

Little Rock: 2 residents work here (3%)St. PaulCoffeyville: 3 residents work here (4%)Parsons: 3 residents work here (4%)FraminghamBluejacketWelch: 8 residents work here (10%)Grove: 4 residents work here (5%)Miami: 8 residents work here (10%)Vinita: 4 residents work here (5%)Ponca CityClaremoreBartlesville: 3 residents work here (4%)Tulsa: 5 residents work here (6%)Oklahoma City: 3 residents work here (4%)WelchMiamiTulsaGroveVinitaCoffeyvilleBluejacket
1
Welch5.2 mi away
10%8
2
Miami12.7 mi away
10%8
3
Tulsa65.4 mi away
6%5
4
Grove21.8 mi away
5%4
5
Vinita10.8 mi away
5%4
6
Coffeyville, KS35.7 mi away
4%3
7
Parsons, KS38.3 mi away
4%3
8
Bartlesville48.6 mi away
4%3
9
Oklahoma City164.4 mi away
4%3
10
Little Rock, AR209.1 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%37
The top trips

Where Bluejacket clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bluejacket

Jobs based in BluejacketJobs Bluejacket residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%40%
Over $3,333 a month50%44%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 5475%50%
55 and older25%23%

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 Bluejacket’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Bluejacket spends getting to work: about 21 minutes

A year of commuting
160 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bluejacket21 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Bluejacket workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Bluejacket gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 82 commuters (the 11% 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

The commute from Bluejacket, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWelch: 10% · 5.2 miMiami: 10% · 12.7 miTulsa: 6% · 65.4 miGrove: 5% · 21.8 miVinita: 5% · 10.8 miCoffeyville: 4% · 35.7 miParsons: 4% · 38.3 miBartlesville: 4% · 48.6 miOklahoma City: 4% · 164.4 miLittle Rock: 3% · 209.1 miWelch 10%Miami 10%Tulsa 6%Grove 5%Vinita 5%Bluejacket
BluejacketTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi13 residents
29%10–24 mi23 residents
18%25–50 mi14 residents
36%Over 50 mi28 residents

About 36% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bluejacket: questions

What is the median household income in Bluejacket?

$53,438 (±$13,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bluejacket?

23.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bluejacket?

21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bluejacket work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Welch (10%, 5 mi), Miami (10%, 13 mi), Tulsa (6%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bluejacket without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bluejacket, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bluejacket

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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.