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Jobs & commute in Christie

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Christie works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Christie; the top destination outside it is Siloam Springs (15%, 16 miles). Employers in Christie report 7 jobs, against 134 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

7 jobs based here
Poverty
36.9%
Oklahoma 15.3%
Unemployment
12.2%
Oklahoma 5.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
13 min
Oklahoma 22 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
1 of 134 working residents
Work from home
0%
Oklahoma 9% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Christie on a workday afternoon

On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

133live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night250
Workday130
250live here− 130head out to work+ 6come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Christie on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Christie: the destinations

Gentry: 4 residents work here (3%)Siloam Springs: 20 residents work here (15%)Fort Smith: 5 residents work here (4%)FayettevillePeoria: 2 residents work here (1%)Westville: 20 residents work here (15%)Stilwell: 4 residents work here (3%)Catoosa: 2 residents work here (1%)Tahlequah: 3 residents work here (2%)Tulsa: 13 residents work here (10%)Oklahoma City: 5 residents work here (4%)Old GreenBaronWest PeavineChristieSiloam SpringsWestvilleTulsaFort SmithOklahoma CityGentryChristie
1
Siloam Springs, AR15.9 mi away
15%20
2
Westville4.1 mi away
15%20
3
Tulsa70.9 mi away
10%13
4
Fort Smith, AR46 mi away
4%5
5
Oklahoma City164.6 mi away
4%5
6
Gentry, AR20.9 mi away
3%4
7
Stilwell11.1 mi away
3%4
8
Tahlequah19 mi away
2%3
9
Peoria64.9 mi away
1%2
10
Catoosa64.3 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%56
The top trips

Where Christie clocks in

15% of workers
15.9 mi awaySiloam Springs, AR20 Christie residents work here · Jobs & commute →
15% of workers
4.1 mi awayWestville20 Christie residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
70.9 mi awayTulsa13 Christie residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 71% of Christie’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in ChristieJobs Christie residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms71%34%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices29%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less57%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%38%
Over $3,333 a month43%41%

Who does it

29 or younger71%22%
30 to 5414%51%
55 and older14%27%

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 Christie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 13 minutes each way for Christie’s commuters

A year of commuting
100 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Christie13 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Christie workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Christie gets to work
85%Drive alone
15%Walk

Share of the 122 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.

How far

Where in the region Christie works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSiloam Springs: 15% · 15.9 miWestville: 15% · 4.1 miTulsa: 10% · 70.9 miFort Smith: 4% · 46 miOklahoma City: 4% · 164.6 miGentry: 3% · 20.9 miStilwell: 3% · 11.1 miTahlequah: 2% · 19 miPeoria: 1% · 64.9 miCatoosa: 1% · 64.3 miSiloam Springs 15%Westville 15%Tulsa 10%Fort Smith 4%Oklahoma City 4%Christie
ChristieTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi33 residents
28%10–24 mi37 residents
15%25–50 mi20 residents
32%Over 50 mi42 residents

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.

Next door

Christie and its neighbors

West Peavine: few work hereOld Green: few work hereBaron: few work hereWest PeavineOld GreenBaronChristie
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Christie13 min
Baron14 min
West Peavine26 min
West Peavineunder 2% of ChristieOld Greenunder 2% of ChristieBaronunder 2% of Christie

Jobs & commute next door

TownChristie workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Christie–——13 min—
West Peavineunder 2%——26 min—
Old Greenunder 2%————
Baronunder 2%——14 min—

Same-state neighbors only. West Peavine, Old Green and Baron: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Christie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Christie: questions

What is the poverty rate in Christie?

36.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Christie?

13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Christie work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Siloam Springs (15%, 16 mi), Westville (15%, 4 mi), Tulsa (10%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Christie 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 Christie, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Christie

Christie home →
13min commute
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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.