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Jobs & commute in Stidham

Work means Eufaula for more than half of Stidham’s working residents

Stidham has 5 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. 0% of workers work from home; Oklahoma has 9%. Hardly any work in Stidham itself; outside it, Eufaula draws the most (60%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Stidham by day

On a workday 5 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

5live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night16
Workday11
16live here− 5head out to work+ 0come in to work= 11on a workday

About 11 people are in Stidham on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

The places Stidham commutes to

StidhamOkemah: 1 residents work here (20%)Eufaula: 3 residents work here (60%)Muskogee: 1 residents work here (20%)EufaulaOkemahMuskogeeStidham
1
Eufaula8.3 mi away
60%3
2
Okemah34 mi away
20%1
3
Muskogee32.4 mi away
20%1
The top trips

Where Stidham 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Stidham

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Stidham gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 3 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

Short hops and long hauls from Stidham

10 mi25 mi40 miEufaula: 60% · 8.3 miOkemah: 20% · 34 miMuskogee: 20% · 32.4 miEufaula 60%Okemah 20%Muskogee 20%Stidham
StidhamTop destinations (size = commuters)
60%Under 10 mi3 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
40%25–50 mi2 residents
0%Over 50 mi0 residents

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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Stidham: questions

What is the poverty rate in Stidham?

85.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Stidham work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Stidham 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 Stidham, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Stidham

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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.