Bethel Missionary Baptist Church · Photo: Oklahoma State Historical Preservation Office · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Tatums
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26. Hardly any stay in Tatums for work; outside it, Ardmore is the main destination (35%, 27 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 9% across Oklahoma.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Tatums, and who commutes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Tatums on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
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.
Commuting out of Tatums: the destinations
Where Tatums clocks in
35% of workers
12% 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.
From Tatums, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tatums workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 2% 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 Tatums goes to work
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.
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 Tatums: questions
What is the median household income in Tatums?
$43,750 (±$24,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tatums?
12.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tatums?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tatums work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ardmore (35%, 27 mi), Oklahoma City (12%, 68 mi), Ada (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tatums without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tatums, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tatums
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.