Work, pay and getting to work in Peavine
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the Oklahoma average is 22, the U.S. 26. Only 1% work in Peavine itself; outside it, Stilwell draws the most (22%, 6 miles). Employers in Peavine report 122 jobs, against 143 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Peavine, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 120 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 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.
Out of Peavine to work: where people go
Where Peavine clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 76% of work in Peavine
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 Peavine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peavine workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from Peavine, by distance
About 36% 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.
The towns around Peavine
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peavine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peavine | – | — | — | 28 min | $45,694 |
| Baron | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Piney | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| West Peavine | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Baron, Piney and West Peavine: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peavine’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 Peavine: questions
What is the median household income in Peavine?
$45,694 (±$22,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peavine?
18.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peavine?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peavine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stilwell (22%, 6 mi), Tulsa (8%, 74 mi), Catoosa (6%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peavine 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 Peavine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peavine
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.