Teresita draws 141 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 13% of workers (Oklahoma 9%). Employers in Teresita report 143 jobs for 72 working residents. Only 3% stay in Teresita for work; outside it, Tahlequah is the main destination (26%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Teresita by day and by night
On a workday 70 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 230 people are in Teresita on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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 the people who work in Teresita live
Where Teresita clocks in
26% of workers
10% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Teresita’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Teresita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Teresita
of Teresita workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 13% 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 many miles Teresita commutes
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Teresita
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Teresita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teresita | – | — | — | — | $53,750 |
| Lowrey | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Johnson Prairie | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lowrey and Johnson Prairie: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Teresita’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 Teresita: questions
What is the median household income in Teresita?
$53,750 (±$40,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Teresita?
2.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Teresita work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tahlequah (26%, 15 mi), Tulsa (10%, 52 mi), Claremore (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Teresita 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 Teresita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Teresita
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.