Sams Corner has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. 3 jobs are based in Sams Corner, and 48 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sams Corner; the top destination outside it is Tulsa (17%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sams Corner
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49 people are in Sams Corner on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 people from Sams Corner work
Where Sams Corner clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
67% of the jobs in Sams Corner pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Sams Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sams Corner
of Sams Corner workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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 far Sams Corner’s workers travel
About 19% 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 Sams Corner: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sams Corner?
12.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sams Corner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (17%, 39 mi), Locust Grove (13%, 3 mi), Pryor Creek (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sams Corner 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 Sams Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sams Corner
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.