Golda's Mill · Photo: Don C Hodges · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Wauhillau
Working from home is the commute for 16% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. Only 2% work in Wauhillau; the top destination outside it is Stilwell (23%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute from Wauhillau lasts 30 minutes (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 97 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 (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wauhillau’s residents
Where Wauhillau clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 95% of the jobs in Wauhillau
99 jobs are based in Wauhillau.
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 Wauhillau’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wauhillau’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wauhillau workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 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.
Half of Wauhillau commutes less than 14 miles
About 22% 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.
The towns around Wauhillau
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wauhillau workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wauhillau | – | — | — | 30 min | $29,760 |
| Titanic | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Titanic: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wauhillau’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 Wauhillau: questions
What is the median household income in Wauhillau?
$29,760 (±$11,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wauhillau?
13.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wauhillau?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wauhillau work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stilwell (23%, 8 mi), Tahlequah (12%, 13 mi), Tulsa (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wauhillau without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wauhillau, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wauhillau
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.