Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Ketchum
Employers in Ketchum report 249 jobs for 188 working residents. Only 3% work in Ketchum itself; outside it, Vinita draws the most (17%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ketchum for work, and who comes in
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Ketchum on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).
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 Ketchum goes to work
Where Ketchum clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Ketchum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ketchum, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 249. 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 Ketchum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ketchum’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ketchum workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 commuters (the 9% 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 many miles Ketchum commutes
About 34% 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.
Around Ketchum: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ketchum workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchum | – | — | — | 23 min | $55,000 |
| Langley | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Grand Lake Towne | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Langley and Grand Lake Towne: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ketchum’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 Ketchum: questions
What is the median household income in Ketchum?
$55,000 (±$11,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ketchum?
19.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ketchum?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ketchum work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vinita (17%, 8 mi), Tulsa (12%, 56 mi), Grove (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ketchum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ketchum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ketchum
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.