Photo: Caleb Long · CC BY-SA 2.5Coweta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 7% work in Coweta itself; outside it, Tulsa draws the most (39%, 17 miles). Employers in Coweta report 2,172 jobs, against 4,583 working residents. Coweta grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Coweta at work: what stands out
39% of Coweta works in Tulsa
1,786 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Tulsa, 17 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Coweta itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Coweta
62% of Coweta residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Coweta pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Coweta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Coweta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coweta is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #30 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Coweta’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coweta could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where people from Coweta work
Where Coweta clocks in
39% of workers
14% 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.
What Coweta’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coweta, 2014 → 2024: 1,625 → 2,172. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coweta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Coweta’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coweta workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,782 commuters (the 8% 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.
Coweta on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,263 residents head out to work, 320 work right here, and 1,852 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Coweta on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Coweta to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Coweta walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coweta is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #81 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Coweta 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 5,189 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 Coweta households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coweta’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Coweta ranks: 1,551st of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 440 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
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| 652 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
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| 860 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
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| 1,549 | New Ulm MN | 13,863 | $64K | 9.2% | 3.0% | 58% | B− |
| 1,550 | Cape Canaveral FL | 9,962 | $67K | 9.6% | 4.0% | 9% | B− |
| 1,551 | Coweta OK | 11,472 | $68K | 13.2% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,552 | North Auburn CA | 13,480 | $71K | 11.1% | 4.3% | 14% | B− |
| 1,553 | Interlaken CA | 8,068 | $109K | 14.9% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Coweta, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns next door employ 14% of Coweta
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coweta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coweta | – | B− | B− | 27 min | $67,519 |
| Broken Arrow | 14% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $86,765 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Broken Arrow. Darker towns draw more of Coweta’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 2024, 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 Coweta: questions
What is the median household income in Coweta?
$67,519 (±$9,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coweta?
13.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coweta?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coweta work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (39%, 17 mi), Broken Arrow (14%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Coweta walkable?
Coweta is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coweta 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 Coweta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coweta
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.