With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Copan works elsewhere
3% of workers work from home (Oklahoma 9%). 89 jobs are based in Copan; 271 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Copan; the top destination outside it is Bartlesville (31%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Copan: the gist
Copan and Bartlesville trade workers both ways
Bartlesville is the top workplace for Copan residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Copan come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
A lot of Copan workers cross into Kansas
18% of Copan workers work outside Oklahoma, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Coffeyville (7%), Caney (4%) and Independence (2%) are among the top workplaces. 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; with 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Copan commutes to
Where Copan clocks in
31% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Copan
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.
A workday in Copan: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Copan on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Jobs in Copan: what the 89 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copan, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 89. 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 Copan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Copan’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copan workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 3% 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 Copan: questions
What is the median household income in Copan?
$31,987 (±$3,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copan?
14.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copan?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copan work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bartlesville (31%, 11 mi), Tulsa (11%, 53 mi), Coffeyville (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Copan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copan
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.