With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Flint Creek works elsewhere
Working residents average 36 minutes each way, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S. Flint Creek has 44 jobs, against 259 working residents. Hardly any stay in Flint Creek for work; outside it, Siloam Springs is the main destination (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Flint Creek apart
Flint Creek is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Flint Creek, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flint Creek has about 410 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Flint Creek workers cross into Arkansas
34% of Flint Creek workers work outside Oklahoma, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Siloam Springs (18%), Gentry (10%) and Bentonville (5%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Flint Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 107 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; with 259 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Flint Creek, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 257 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Flint Creek on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Flint Creek commutes to
Where Flint Creek clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Flint Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flint Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 11% 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.
What Flint Creek’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flint Creek, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 44. 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 Flint Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Flint Creek goes to work
About 28% 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 Flint Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Flint Creek?
$48,036 (±$19,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flint Creek?
44.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flint Creek?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flint Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Siloam Springs (18%, 12 mi), Gentry (10%, 15 mi), Bentonville (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Flint Creek 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 Flint Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flint 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.