Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Tamaha has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
7 jobs are based in Tamaha for 60 working residents. Hardly any stay in Tamaha for work; outside it, Stigler is the main destination (42%, 11 miles). 23% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Tamaha
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 96 people are in Tamaha on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 the trip to work from Tamaha ends
Where Tamaha clocks in
42% 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 Tamaha make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tamaha, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 7. 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 Tamaha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 48 minutes from Tamaha
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tamaha workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Tamaha
About 30% 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.
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 Tamaha: questions
What is the median household income in Tamaha?
$29,583 (±$15,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tamaha?
18.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tamaha?
48 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tamaha work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stigler (42%, 11 mi), Quinton (3%, 27 mi), McCurtain (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tamaha 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 Tamaha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tamaha
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.