Photo: TheWhitePelican · CC BY 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Quapaw
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; the Oklahoma average is 22, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. Only 2% work in Quapaw itself; outside it, Miami draws the most (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Quapaw: the figures worth knowing
Quapaw and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Quapaw residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Quapaw come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Quapaw workers cross into Missouri
21% of Quapaw workers work outside Oklahoma, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Joplin (13%), Baxter Springs (6%) and Seneca (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 350 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Quapaw commutes to
Where Quapaw clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Quapaw quiets down on a workday
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Quapaw on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
In Quapaw, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
232 jobs are based in Quapaw.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quapaw, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 232. 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 Quapaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, about the OK average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quapaw workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 250 commuters (the 2% 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 Quapaw works
About 21% 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 Quapaw: questions
What is the median household income in Quapaw?
$40,000 (±$12,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quapaw?
27.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quapaw?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quapaw work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (20%, 6 mi), Joplin (13%, 18 mi), Baxter Springs (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quapaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quapaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quapaw
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.