Modoc Mission Church and Cemetery · Photo: AbeEzekowitz · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 11.2 jobs in Peoria for every working resident, and 557 people commute in
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Employers in Peoria report 558 jobs for 50 working residents. Only 2% work in Peoria itself; outside it, Miami draws the most (26%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Peoria by day
On a workday 49 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 640 people are in Peoria on a workday afternoon, 388% more than live here.
11.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Peoria: where workers come from
Where Peoria clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Peoria is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peoria, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 558. 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 Peoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Peoria’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peoria workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 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.
How many miles Peoria commutes
About 22% 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 Peoria: questions
What is the median household income in Peoria?
$28,796 (±$587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peoria?
24.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peoria?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peoria work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (26%, 11 mi), Joplin (6%, 14 mi), Seneca (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peoria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peoria
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.