With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Old Green works elsewhere
3 jobs are based in Old Green, and 105 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. 11.6% of residents live below the poverty line (Oklahoma 15.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Old Green
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Old Green on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
13% of working residents work in Westville
Where Old Green clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 67% of Old Green’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Green, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Old Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Old Green
of Old Green workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Old Green works
About 32% 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.
Next door is work for 13% of Old Green
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Westville. Darker towns draw more of Old Green’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 Old Green: questions
What is the poverty rate in Old Green?
11.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Old Green work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westville (13%, 2 mi), Siloam Springs (10%, 14 mi), Stilwell (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Old Green without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Green
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.