Olustee Public Library and Park · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Olustee
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Only 4% stay in Olustee for work; outside it, Altus is the main destination (26%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Olustee, and who commutes in
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Olustee commutes to
Where Olustee clocks in
26% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Olustee are in services
81 jobs are based in Olustee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olustee, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 81. 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 Olustee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Olustee’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olustee workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 1% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Olustee
About 51% 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.
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 Olustee: questions
What is the median household income in Olustee?
$63,145 (±$3,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olustee?
23.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olustee?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olustee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altus (26%, 10 mi), Oklahoma City (10%, 125 mi), Weatherford (3%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Olustee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olustee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olustee
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.