Tucker School · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Brent has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 72 jobs in Brent for 244 working residents. Hardly any work in Brent; the top destination outside it is Fort Smith (17%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brent
Brent’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brent is Fort Smith, AR, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (42) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Brent workers cross into Arkansas
26% of Brent workers work outside Oklahoma, most of them in Arkansas, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Brent is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Brent, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brent has about 410 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Brent
About 35% 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.
Out of Brent to work: where people go
Where Brent clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Who commutes out of Brent, and who commutes in
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Brent on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The kinds of work in Brent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brent, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 72. 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 Brent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Brent
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brent workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Brent: questions
What is the median household income in Brent?
$87,596 (±$18,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brent?
3.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brent?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brent work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (17%, 24 mi), Sallisaw (15%, 7 mi), Tulsa (7%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brent
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.