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Jobs & commute in Dewar

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Dewar works elsewhere

The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 117 jobs in Dewar; 256 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Dewar; the top destination outside it is Tulsa (14%, 46 miles).

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

117 jobs based here
Household income
$68K
median · Oklahoma $65K
Poverty
12.6%
Oklahoma 15.3%
Unemployment
11.7%
Oklahoma 5.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
26 min
Oklahoma 22 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
3 of 256 working residents
Work from home
4%
Oklahoma 9% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

Jobs and commuting in Dewar: the gist

46 mito the top workplace, Tulsa
★ What stands out · How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Dewar

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTulsa: 14% · 46.4 miOkmulgee: 13% · 11.6 miHenryetta: 12% · 2.4 miOklahoma City: 5% · 88 miOkemah: 4% · 19.9 miPreston: 4% · 17.7 miMuskogee: 3% · 38.7 miMorris: 2% · 11.3 miBroken Arrow: 2% · 41.2 miBixby: 2% · 33.9 miTulsa 14%Okmulgee 13%Henryetta 12%Oklahoma City 5%Dewar
DewarTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi52 residents
25%10–24 mi63 residents
28%25–50 mi72 residents
26%Over 50 mi67 residents

About 26% 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.

Day and night

Dewar by day and by night

On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.

253live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
114work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night770
Workday630
770live here− 250head out to work+ 110come in to work= 630on a workday

About 630 people are in Dewar on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.46jobs 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 Dewar: the destinations

ColumbusHoffmanWeleetkaSchulterDewarGraysonMorris: 6 residents work here (2%)Okemah: 10 residents work here (4%)Henryetta: 31 residents work here (12%)Okmulgee: 32 residents work here (13%)Bixby: 4 residents work here (2%)Muskogee: 8 residents work here (3%)Tulsa: 37 residents work here (14%)Oklahoma City: 12 residents work here (5%)Broken Arrow: 6 residents work here (2%)Preston: 10 residents work here (4%)TulsaOkmulgeeHenryettaOklahoma CityOkemahPrestonDewar
1
Tulsa46.4 mi away
14%37
2
Okmulgee11.6 mi away
13%32
3
Henryetta2.4 mi away
12%31
4
Oklahoma City88 mi away
5%12
5
Okemah19.9 mi away
4%10
6
Preston17.7 mi away
4%10
7
Muskogee38.7 mi away
3%8
8
Morris11.3 mi away
2%6
9
Broken Arrow41.2 mi away
2%6
10
Bixby33.9 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%100
The top trips

Where Dewar clocks in

14% of workers
46.4 mi awayTulsa37 Dewar residents work here · Jobs & commute →
13% of workers
11.6 mi awayOkmulgee32 Dewar residents work here · Jobs & commute →
12% of workers
2.4 mi awayHenryetta31 Dewar 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

The kinds of work in Dewar

Jobs based in DewarJobs Dewar residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%22%
Trade, transport & utilities28%15%
Services: health, schools, offices68%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%34%
Over $3,333 a month49%47%

Who does it

29 or younger10%23%
30 to 5455%50%
55 and older35%26%
+800%

Jobs based in Dewar, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 117. 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 Dewar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Dewar: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
196 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Dewar26 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

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

About 0 in 10
How Dewar gets to work
84%Drive alone
15%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 252 commuters (the 5% 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.

Next door

Bordering towns draw 12% of Dewar’s workers

Henryetta: 12% of workers work hereHenryettaDewar
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Henryetta12% of Dewar works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownDewar workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Dewar–——26 min$67,813
Henryetta12%D−B−16 min$45,259

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Henryetta. Darker towns draw more of Dewar’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 Dewar: questions

What is the median household income in Dewar?

$67,813 (±$28,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Dewar?

12.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Dewar?

26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Dewar work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (14%, 46 mi), Okmulgee (13%, 12 mi), Henryetta (12%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Dewar without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Dewar, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the 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.