Job Access & Commuting

With a high number of jobs within a 15-minute drive and a dramatic increase in the number of jobs when driving up to 45-minutes, Muskogee most closely represents Shawnee. The two cities function like edge cities that have their own significant job concentration but are also near enough for a commute to the edges of nearby metropolitan areas.

The share of these jobs that fall in the high-earning category of over $3,333 per month is average in Muskogee.

Jobs within 15-minute drive

Jobs within 30-minute drive

Jobs within 45-minute drive

26,201 20,353 225,212 23,667 12,137 18,731 32,452 23,476 524,459 26,665 17,069 28,084 100,159 31,635 607,501 30,182 19,953 169,879

Jobs within 45-minute drive with earnings greater than $3,333/month % of Jobs within 45-minute drive with earnings greater than $3,333/month 37,080 13,034 228,529 11,278 6,888 66,466

37% 41% 38% 37% 35% 39%

Bartlesville is slightly out of the range of capturing the edge of Tulsa’s job centers within 45-minutes, and Enid and Ponca City are quite isolated from other nearby job centers.

Muskogee’s 45-minute drive time includes southeast portions of the Tulsa metro, Tahlequah, and other outlying communities. The edge city nature of Muskogee suggests a potential dual role as a job center and bedroom community, and a need to analyze the proportion of people who are commuting to and from Muskogee.