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Jobs & commute in Yeager

About two in five of Yeager’s working residents commute to Holdenville

Hardly any stay in Yeager for work; outside it, Holdenville is the main destination (43%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 89% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. Yeager has 14 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Yeager by day and by night

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night60
Workday46
60live here− 14head out to work+ 0come in to work= 46on a workday

About 46 people are in Yeager on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

Where Yeager’s working residents head each day

YeagerHoldenville: 6 residents work here (43%)Wewoka: 1 residents work here (7%)Seminole: 1 residents work here (7%)Ada: 1 residents work here (7%)Tulsa: 1 residents work here (7%)Dallas: 1 residents work here (7%)HoldenvilleWewokaSeminoleAdaTulsaDallasYeager
1
Holdenville6.1 mi away
43%6
2
Wewoka8.9 mi away
7%1
3
Seminole18.3 mi away
7%1
4
Ada32.7 mi away
7%1
5
Tulsa71.4 mi away
7%1
6
Dallas, TX165.1 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%3
The top trips

Where Yeager clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Yeager

Working from home
89%

of Yeager workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 9 in 10
How Yeager gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 commuters (the 89% 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

The distance from Yeager to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHoldenville: 43% · 6.1 miWewoka: 7% · 8.9 miSeminole: 7% · 18.3 miAda: 7% · 32.7 miTulsa: 7% · 71.4 miDallas: 7% · 165.1 miHoldenville 43%Wewoka 7%Seminole 7%Ada 7%Tulsa 7%Yeager
YeagerTop destinations (size = commuters)
64%Under 10 mi9 residents
14%10–24 mi2 residents
7%25–50 mi1 residents
14%Over 50 mi2 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Yeager: questions

What is the median household income in Yeager?

$55,875 (±$800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Yeager?

34.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Yeager work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Yeager 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 Yeager, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Yeager

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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.