Most of Steely Hollow commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Steely Hollow for work; outside it, Tahlequah is the main destination (23%, 6 miles). 11 jobs are based in Steely Hollow; 108 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, against 9% across Oklahoma.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Steely Hollow for work, and who comes in
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Steely Hollow on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Steely Hollow’s working residents head each day
Where Steely Hollow clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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.
Steely Hollow is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steely Hollow, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 11. 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 Steely Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the OK average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steely Hollow workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 28% 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.
The distance from Steely Hollow to work
About 23% 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.
The towns around Steely Hollow
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steely Hollow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steely Hollow | – | — | — | 24 min | $107,771 |
| Moodys | under 2% | D− | B | 19 min | $49,355 |
| Grandview | under 2% | C− | D− | 20 min | $73,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steely Hollow’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Steely Hollow: questions
What is the median household income in Steely Hollow?
$107,771 (±$85,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steely Hollow?
0.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steely Hollow?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steely Hollow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tahlequah (23%, 6 mi), Tulsa (8%, 55 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 149 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Steely Hollow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steely Hollow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steely Hollow
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.