Foyil Filling Station · Photo: Musokla · CC BY-SA 4.0Foyil has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Foyil itself; outside it, Tulsa draws the most (24%, 30 miles). Employers in Foyil report 33 jobs for 144 working residents. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the Oklahoma average is 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Foyil
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Foyil on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where people from Foyil work
Where Foyil clocks in
24% of workers
23% of workers
6% 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.
In Foyil, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foyil, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 33. 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 Foyil’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Foyil spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foyil workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 4% 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 Foyil goes to work
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.
The towns around Foyil
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Foyil’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 Foyil: questions
What is the median household income in Foyil?
$63,750 (±$18,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foyil?
18.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foyil?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foyil work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (24%, 30 mi), Claremore (23%, 9 mi), Oklahoma City (6%, 130 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Foyil without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Foyil, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foyil
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.