Jobs and the daily commute in Pontotoc
The Census job records count 24 working residents of Pontotoc and no jobs based in it. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 9% across Oklahoma. Hardly any work in Pontotoc; the top destination outside it is Tishomingo (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pontotoc by day and by night
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Pontotoc on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Pontotoc’s working residents head each day
Where Pontotoc clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Pontotoc
of Pontotoc workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pontotoc
About 38% 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 Pontotoc: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pontotoc?
0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pontotoc work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tishomingo (13%, 18 mi), Tulsa (8%, 120 mi), Ardmore (8%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pontotoc
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.