With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Foraker works elsewhere
For 20% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Foraker has 2 jobs, against 7 working residents. Hardly any stay in Foraker for work; outside it, Arkansas City is the main destination (29%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Foraker by day and by night
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Foraker on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 places Foraker commutes to
Where Foraker clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
14% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Foraker
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foraker, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 2. 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 Foraker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Foraker
of Foraker workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 20% 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.
How far it is to work from Foraker
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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 30% of Foraker workers work outside Oklahoma. The job records count 43% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Foraker: questions
What is the poverty rate in Foraker?
5.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Foraker work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arkansas City (29%, 29 mi), Pawhuska (14%, 19 mi), Ponca City (14%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Foraker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 33% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Foraker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foraker
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.