Broken Arrow

City Commute Profile

Broken Arrow, OK

Where Broken Arrow’s 56,608 resident workers go each day — 16.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Tulsa.

OklahomaLODES 2023 data
67
Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Broken Arrow at a glance
Employed Residents
56,608
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Tulsa
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Broken Arrow proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Broken Arrow commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Broken Arrow

56,608 commutes, one dot at a time

Broken Arrow

Where 56,608 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Broken Arrow, by worker count.

1Tulsa10.1 mi29,406
2Broken Arrow0.0 mi9,559
3Oklahoma City105.8 mi2,736
4Bixby7.5 mi1,267
5Catoosa9.8 mi941
6Owasso17.4 mi751
7Jenks11.0 mi712
8Sapulpa17.8 mi482

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Broken Arrow.

1Tulsa10.1 mi10,469
2Broken Arrow0.0 mi9,559
3Bixby7.5 mi1,005
4Oklahoma City105.8 mi941
5Owasso17.4 mi748
6Coweta9.1 mi695
7Jenks11.0 mi616
8Sapulpa17.8 mi432

Top industries

The sectors that employ Broken Arrow’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade15.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.5%
MFManufacturing12.2%
COConstruction9.5%
EDEducational Services9.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.3%
WSWholesale Trade4.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.8%

Broken Arrow city profile

Who lives in Broken Arrow — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
118,180
Median age
37.1yrs
Median household income
$86,765
Median home value
$250,400
Median gross rent
$1,320/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.7%
Poverty rate
8.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Broken Arrow

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Broken Arrow

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