Lyons Switch has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 43 jobs in Lyons Switch; 219 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Lyons Switch for work; outside it, Stilwell is the main destination (24%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lyons Switch, in brief
Lyons Switch and Stilwell trade workers both ways
Stilwell is the top workplace for Lyons Switch residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Lyons Switch come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lyons Switch is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Lyons Switch, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lyons Switch has about 390 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Lyons Switch to work: where people go
Where Lyons Switch clocks in
24% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Lyons Switch on a workday
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Lyons Switch on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
In Lyons Switch, services account for most jobs
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 Lyons Switch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyons Switch workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 commuters (the 15% 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.
Lyons Switch’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Lyons Switch
The biggest share goes to Rocky Mountain (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyons Switch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Switch | – | — | — | 25 min | $70,417 |
| Rocky Mountain | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rocky Mountain: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyons Switch’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 Lyons Switch: questions
What is the median household income in Lyons Switch?
$70,417 (±$22,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyons Switch?
17.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyons Switch?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyons Switch work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stilwell (24%, 4 mi), Tahlequah (8%, 18 mi), Tulsa (5%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyons Switch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyons Switch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyons Switch
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.