Tulsa

City Commute Profile

Tulsa, OK

Where Tulsa’s 173,548 resident workers go each day — 61.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Broken Arrow.

OklahomaLODES 2023 data
77
Commute Score

77 / 100

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

Tulsa at a glance
Employed Residents
173,548
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
61.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Broken Arrow
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tulsa 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 Tulsa 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.

Tulsa

173,548 commutes, one dot at a time

Tulsa

Where 173,548 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Tulsa0.0 mi106,759
2Broken Arrow10.1 mi10,469
3Oklahoma City100.6 mi9,830
4Bixby11.7 mi2,875
5Jenks8.8 mi2,726
6Owasso12.7 mi2,642
7Catoosa10.4 mi2,624
8Sapulpa12.6 mi1,906

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tulsa.

1Tulsa0.0 mi106,759
2Broken Arrow10.1 mi29,406
3Oklahoma City100.6 mi8,205
4Owasso12.7 mi7,903
5Bixby11.7 mi7,141
6Jenks8.8 mi6,150
7Sand Springs10.8 mi4,558
8Sapulpa12.6 mi4,104

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tulsa’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%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.7%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.7%
MFManufacturing6.7%
EDEducational Services6.1%
COConstruction4.9%
WSWholesale Trade4.8%

Tulsa city profile

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

Population
413,794
Median age
35.6yrs
Median household income
$59,838
Median home value
$205,300
Median gross rent
$1,052/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.6%
Poverty rate
18.7%

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 Tulsa

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

7 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps94%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Tulsa

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).