Most of Evening Shade commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26. 19 jobs are based in Evening Shade, and 141 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Evening Shade; the top destination outside it is Sallisaw (11%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Evening Shade for work, and who comes in
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Evening Shade 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.
The towns that employ Evening Shade’s residents
Where Evening Shade clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 74% of the jobs in Evening Shade
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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evening Shade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way for Evening Shade’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evening Shade workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 13% 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 Evening Shade
About 43% 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.
Evening Shade and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evening Shade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening Shade | – | — | — | 36 min | $39,875 |
| Box | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Box: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evening Shade’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 Evening Shade: questions
What is the median household income in Evening Shade?
$39,875 (±$27,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evening Shade?
8.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evening Shade?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evening Shade work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sallisaw (11%, 12 mi), Muskogee (9%, 27 mi), Tulsa (7%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Evening Shade without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evening Shade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evening Shade
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.