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Jobs & commute in Shady Grove

Shady Grove has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

There are 4 jobs in Shady Grove; 177 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Shady Grove itself; outside it, Muskogee draws the most (18%, 19 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Shady Grove on a workday

On a workday 177 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

177live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night500
Workday330
500live here− 180head out to work+ 4come in to work= 330on a workday

About 330 people are in Shady Grove on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Shady Grove to work: where people go

Oktaha: 3 residents work here (2%)Warner: 6 residents work here (3%)Stigler: 4 residents work here (2%)MuldrowEufaula: 6 residents work here (3%)Checotah: 17 residents work here (10%)McAlester: 6 residents work here (3%)Okmulgee: 3 residents work here (2%)Muskogee: 31 residents work here (18%)Tulsa: 24 residents work here (14%)Oklahoma City: 9 residents work here (5%)Duchess LandingShady GroveMuskogeeTulsaChecotahOklahoma CityWarnerEufaulaShady Grove
1
Muskogee19.1 mi away
18%31
2
Tulsa53.6 mi away
14%24
3
Checotah7.2 mi away
10%17
4
Oklahoma City119.1 mi away
5%9
5
Warner5.1 mi away
3%6
6
Eufaula16.3 mi away
3%6
7
McAlester43.2 mi away
3%6
8
Stigler21.4 mi away
2%4
9
Oktaha8.7 mi away
2%3
10
Okmulgee33.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%68
The top trips

Where Shady Grove clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Shady Grove

Jobs based in Shady GroveJobs Shady Grove residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%36%
Over $3,333 a month50%50%

Who does it

29 or younger25%23%
30 to 5425%52%
55 and older50%25%
+33%

Jobs based in Shady Grove, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 4. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shady Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes to work from Shady Grove

A year of commuting
224 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Shady Grove29 min
Oklahoma22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Shady Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Shady Grove gets to work
86%Drive alone
14%Carpool

Share of the 250 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

How far it is to work from Shady Grove

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMuskogee: 18% · 19.1 miTulsa: 14% · 53.6 miChecotah: 10% · 7.2 miOklahoma City: 5% · 119.1 miWarner: 3% · 5.1 miEufaula: 3% · 16.3 miMcAlester: 3% · 43.2 miStigler: 2% · 21.4 miOktaha: 2% · 8.7 miOkmulgee: 2% · 33.1 miMuskogee 18%Tulsa 14%Checotah 10%Warner 3%Shady Grove
Shady GroveTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi31 residents
28%10–24 mi50 residents
20%25–50 mi35 residents
34%Over 50 mi60 residents

About 34% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around Shady Grove: the bordering towns

Duchess Landing: few work hereDuchess LandingShady Grove
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownShady Grove workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Shady Grove–——29 min$66,458
Duchess Landingunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Duchess Landing: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Shady Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Shady Grove: questions

What is the median household income in Shady Grove?

$66,458 (±$42,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Shady Grove?

2.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Shady Grove?

29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Shady Grove work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskogee (18%, 19 mi), Tulsa (14%, 54 mi), Checotah (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Shady Grove without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Shady Grove, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Shady Grove

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.