Dwight Mission · Photo: Jmbranum at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Dwight Mission, OK
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. Hardly any work in Dwight Mission; the top destination outside it is Sallisaw (31%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dwight Mission quiets down on a workday
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Dwight Mission on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Dwight Mission commutes to
Where Dwight Mission clocks in
31% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Dwight Mission takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dwight Mission workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Dwight Mission
About 29% 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 to Dwight Mission
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dwight Mission workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Mission | – | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Pinhook Corner | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pinhook Corner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dwight Mission’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 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 Dwight Mission: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dwight Mission?
75.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dwight Mission?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dwight Mission work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sallisaw (31%, 7 mi), Oklahoma City (12%, 150 mi), Van Buren (8%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dwight Mission 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 Dwight Mission, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dwight Mission
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.