With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Chewey works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across Oklahoma. Chewey has 20 jobs for 232 working residents. Hardly any stay in Chewey for work; outside it, Siloam Springs is the main destination (21%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Chewey: the gist
Chewey is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Chewey, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chewey has about 430 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Chewey workers cross into Arkansas
22% of Chewey workers work outside Oklahoma, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Siloam Springs (21%), Gentry (8%) and Fayetteville (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 232 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Chewey on a workday
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Chewey on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Chewey: the destinations
Where Chewey clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chewey
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.
Jobs in Chewey: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chewey, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 20. 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 Chewey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Chewey: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chewey workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 0% 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 Chewey: questions
What is the median household income in Chewey?
$83,313 (±$21,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chewey?
40.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chewey?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chewey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Siloam Springs (21%, 12 mi), Tulsa (9%, 66 mi), Gentry (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chewey 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 Chewey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chewey
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.