With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Drowning Creek works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Drowning Creek has 15 jobs for 57 working residents. Hardly any work in Drowning Creek; the top destination outside it is Jay (11%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Drowning Creek quiets down on a workday
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Drowning Creek on a workday afternoon, 60% 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 places Drowning Creek commutes to
Where Drowning Creek clocks in
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.
Drowning Creek is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Drowning Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Drowning Creek
of Drowning Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Drowning Creek
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Drowning Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Drowning Creek?
18.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Drowning Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jay (11%, 6 mi), Grove (11%, 10 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Drowning Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Drowning Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drowning Creek
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.