Most of Ochelata commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. Employers in Ochelata report 26 jobs, and 186 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Ochelata for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (30%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ochelata for work, and who comes in
On a workday 185 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Ochelata on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Ochelata’s working residents head each day
Where Ochelata clocks in
30% of workers
16% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ochelata, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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 Ochelata’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ochelata spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ochelata workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 5% 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 Ochelata commutes
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ochelata: questions
What is the median household income in Ochelata?
$61,250 (±$10,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ochelata?
9.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ochelata?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ochelata work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (30%, 33 mi), Bartlesville (16%, 10 mi), Owasso (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ochelata 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 Ochelata, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ochelata
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.