Pettit has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Pettit has 96 jobs; 342 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Pettit for work; outside it, Tahlequah is the main destination (30%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pettit and work: the main findings
Pettit and Tahlequah trade workers both ways
Tahlequah is the top workplace for Pettit residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Pettit come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pettit is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Pettit, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pettit has about 570 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pettit goes to work
Where Pettit clocks in
30% of workers
10% 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.
Who works in Pettit, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Pettit on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Pettit’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Making and building: 61% of jobs based in Pettit
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pettit, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 96. 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 Pettit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Pettit
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pettit workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 7% 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 towns around Pettit
The biggest share goes to Keys (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pettit workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pettit | – | — | — | 30 min | $59,054 |
| Keys | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Keys: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pettit’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 Pettit: questions
What is the median household income in Pettit?
$59,054 (±$11,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pettit?
7.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pettit?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pettit work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tahlequah (30%, 10 mi), Muskogee (10%, 21 mi), Tulsa (10%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pettit 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 Pettit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pettit
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.