Trahern's Station · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Bokoshe
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Oklahoma 9%). Only 5% work in Bokoshe; the top destination outside it is Poteau (21%, 13 miles). The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bokoshe, and who commutes in
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Bokoshe on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Bokoshe
Where Bokoshe clocks in
21% of workers
17% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bokoshe
176 jobs are based in Bokoshe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bokoshe, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 176. 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 Bokoshe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Bokoshe’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bokoshe workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 3% 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.
Miles to work from Bokoshe
About 32% 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 Bokoshe: questions
What is the median household income in Bokoshe?
$33,646 (±$3,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bokoshe?
24.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bokoshe?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bokoshe work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poteau (21%, 13 mi), Fort Smith (17%, 26 mi), Sallisaw (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bokoshe 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 Bokoshe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bokoshe
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.