Photo: Emersonbiggins85 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.8 jobs in Ardmore for every working resident, and 13,030 people commute in
18,668 jobs are based in Ardmore, against 10,498 working residents. For jobs and income Ardmore is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ardmore apart on work
Commutes from Ardmore are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ardmore
Unemployment holds Ardmore’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,900, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ardmore could be anywhere from C− to C.
From Ardmore, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ardmore workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,706 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Ardmore
On a workday 4,860 residents head out to work and 5,638 work right here.
About 33,000 people are in Ardmore on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Ardmore live
Where Ardmore clocks in
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 Ardmore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ardmore, 2013 → 2023: 16,929 → 18,668. 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 Ardmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ardmore to work
About 27% 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.
Ardmore is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,171 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). 5.2% of Ardmore households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ardmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ardmore is 1,485th among 1,688 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Jenks OK | 28,175 | $111K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 485 | Bixby OK | 32,766 | $104K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 860 | Yukon OK | 27,615 | $75K | 8.8% | 4.0% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,483 | Poughkeepsie NY | 32,499 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.8% | 15% | C− |
| 1,484 | Covington GA | 17,477 | $59K | 20.4% | 7.3% | 16% | C− |
| 1,485 | Ardmore OK | 24,956 | $54K | 17.4% | 4.5% | 54% | C− |
| 1,486 | Tillmans Corner AL | 17,677 | $61K | 17.9% | 8.9% | 4% | C− |
| 1,487 | Gretna LA | 17,360 | $43K | 26.9% | 6.3% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Ardmore, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door to Ardmore
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ardmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore | – | C− | A− | 17 min | $53,900 |
| Gene Autry | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Dickson | under 1% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $81,250 |
| Springer | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gene Autry and Springer: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ardmore’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Ardmore: questions
What is the median household income in Ardmore?
$53,900 (±$3,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ardmore?
17.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ardmore?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ardmore work?
54% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (5%, 90 mi), Ada (3%, 48 mi), Norman (2%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ardmore walkable?
Ardmore is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ardmore without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ardmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ardmore
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.