Pump Back has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Pump Back for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (13%, 45 miles). 1 jobs are based in Pump Back, against 52 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Pump Back on a workday
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Pump Back on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where the trip to work from Pump Back ends
Where Pump Back clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Pump Back’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pump Back, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 1. 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 Pump Back’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pump Back: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pump Back workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 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.
Where in the region Pump Back works
About 27% 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.
How Pump Back compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pump Back’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 Pump Back: questions
What is the median household income in Pump Back?
$90,682 (±$56,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pump Back?
0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pump Back?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pump Back work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (13%, 45 mi), Salina (12%, 3 mi), Locust Grove (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pump Back 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 Pump Back, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pump Back
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.