Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Catoosa has 3.2 jobs for every working resident: 10,747 people commute in to work
Employers in Catoosa report 11,090 jobs, against 3,497 working residents. Jobs and income earn Catoosa B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. The average commute takes 20 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Catoosa in brief
Catoosa fills up on a workday
Catoosa has 11,090 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 15,000 people are in town, more than double the 7,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Catoosa works in Tulsa
1,509 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Tulsa, 8.2 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Catoosa itself. The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Catoosa’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Catoosa is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #31 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Catoosa’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Catoosa could be anywhere from C to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Catoosa
On a workday 3,154 residents head out to work and 343 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Catoosa on a workday afternoon, 102% more 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 Catoosa’s workers come from
Where Catoosa clocks in
43% of workers
7% 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.
65% of the jobs in Catoosa pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Catoosa, 2013 → 2023: 8,613 → 11,090. 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 Catoosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Catoosa, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Catoosa workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,567 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.
How far Catoosa goes to work
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.
In Catoosa, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Catoosa is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #103 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Catoosa near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,817 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Catoosa households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Catoosa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Catoosa next to U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100: 1,886th of 3,125 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 465 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 922 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,884 | Orchard Homes MT | 5,588 | $65K | 8.7% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,885 | Crafton PA | 5,790 | $64K | 9.6% | 7.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,886 | Catoosa OK | 7,471 | $72K | 12.8% | 5.9% | 10% | B− |
| 1,887 | Fairfield ME | 6,537 | $64K | 10.9% | 2.8% | 9% | B− |
| 1,888 | Grove City PA | 7,694 | $57K | 10.8% | 2.9% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,125 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Catoosa, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
43% of Catoosa works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Tulsa. Darker towns draw more of Catoosa’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 Catoosa: questions
What is the median household income in Catoosa?
$72,467 (±$6,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Catoosa?
12.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Catoosa?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Catoosa work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (43%, 8 mi), Broken Arrow (7%, 10 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Catoosa walkable?
Catoosa is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Catoosa without a car?
<1% 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 Catoosa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Catoosa
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.