Most of Braggs commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Braggs has 4 jobs for 101 working residents. Hardly any stay in Braggs for work; outside it, Muskogee is the main destination (33%, 10 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Braggs
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Braggs on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Braggs’ working residents head each day
Where Braggs clocks in
33% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Braggs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Braggs, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 4. 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 Braggs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Braggs spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Braggs workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Braggs
About 33% 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.
Around Braggs: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Braggs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braggs | – | — | — | 27 min | $51,250 |
| Sand Hill | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Braggs’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Braggs: questions
What is the median household income in Braggs?
$51,250 (±$19,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Braggs?
28.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Braggs?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Braggs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskogee (33%, 10 mi), Fort Gibson (13%, 9 mi), Tulsa (11%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Braggs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Braggs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Braggs
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.