Sparrowhawk has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 16% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. 16 jobs are based in Sparrowhawk; 99 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sparrowhawk itself; outside it, Tahlequah draws the most (32%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sparrowhawk quiets down on a workday
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Sparrowhawk on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Sparrowhawk work
Where Sparrowhawk clocks in
32% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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.
100% of the jobs in Sparrowhawk make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sparrowhawk, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 16. 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 Sparrowhawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sparrowhawk
of Sparrowhawk workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 16% 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 Sparrowhawk works
About 35% 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.
The towns around Sparrowhawk
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sparrowhawk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparrowhawk | – | — | — | — | — |
| Pumpkin Hollow | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pumpkin Hollow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sparrowhawk’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 Sparrowhawk: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sparrowhawk?
0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sparrowhawk work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tahlequah (32%, 6 mi), Tulsa (15%, 57 mi), Muskogee (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sparrowhawk 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 Sparrowhawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sparrowhawk
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.