Photo: Mdnicholson42 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Anadarko trail those of 94% of U.S. towns
About one in three stay in Anadarko for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (13%, 50 miles). 24.5% of residents are in poverty, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. The two grades for Anadarko are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Anadarko, in brief
Anadarko’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Anadarko is Oklahoma City, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (270) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Anadarko workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Anadarko’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anadarko is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #113 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Anadarko’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($43,105, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anadarko could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The distance from Anadarko to work
About 21% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20 minutes to work from Anadarko
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anadarko workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,066 commuters (the 2% 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.
A workday in Anadarko: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,426 residents head out to work, 686 work right here, and 1,751 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 (1.15 per resident).
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 places Anadarko commutes to
Where Anadarko clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
What the 2,437 jobs in Anadarko are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anadarko, 2013 → 2023: 2,962 → 2,437. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anadarko’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Anadarko, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anadarko is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #21 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Anadarko near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,117 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.2% of Anadarko households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Anadarko’s commuters take a bus or train.
Anadarko and other U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 752 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,468 | Harrah OK | 7,212 | $84K | 10.8% | 3.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,446 | Haleyville AL | 4,303 | $42K | 25.2% | 5.6% | 25% | D |
| 3,447 | Booneville AR | 3,836 | $50K | 16.7% | 10.0% | 19% | D |
| 3,448 | Anadarko OK | 5,448 | $43K | 24.5% | 6.2% | 32% | D |
| 3,449 | Clarion PA | 4,037 | $47K | 23.9% | 9.8% | 16% | D |
| 3,450 | Clarkston WA | 7,189 | $54K | 20.7% | 9.6% | 22% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Anadarko, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Anadarko: questions
What is the median household income in Anadarko?
$43,105 (±$6,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anadarko?
24.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anadarko?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anadarko work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (13%, 50 mi), Chickasha (7%, 17 mi), Lawton (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anadarko walkable?
Anadarko is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anadarko without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anadarko, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anadarko
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.