Work, pay and getting to work in Talihina
Working from home is the commute for 16% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Only 4% work in Talihina itself; outside it, Poteau draws the most (13%, 33 miles). The average commute takes 14 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Talihina, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
45% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Talihina’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Talihina is Poteau, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (37) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Talihina are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Talihina
About 45% 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.
About 14 minutes to work from Talihina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talihina workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 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.
How a workday changes Talihina
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
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 Talihina’s working residents head each day
Where Talihina clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
In Talihina, services account for most jobs
349 jobs are based in Talihina.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Talihina, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 349. 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 Talihina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Talihina: questions
What is the median household income in Talihina?
$40,500 (±$10,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talihina?
22.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talihina?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Talihina work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poteau (13%, 33 mi), Durant (5%, 93 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 148 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Talihina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Talihina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talihina
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.