Woolaroc Ranch Historic District · Photo: Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Barnsdall earns its living
About one in ten work in Barnsdall; the top destination outside it is Tulsa (19%, 33 miles). At home: 1% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Barnsdall stands out on work
How many miles Barnsdall commutes
About 25% 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.
How many people are in Barnsdall by day
On a workday 321 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 317 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 (0.99 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 Barnsdall commutes to
Where Barnsdall clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Barnsdall, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
350 jobs are based in Barnsdall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnsdall, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 350. 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 Barnsdall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Barnsdall: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnsdall workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 1% 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.
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 Barnsdall: questions
What is the median household income in Barnsdall?
$49,018 (±$6,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnsdall?
11.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnsdall?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnsdall work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (19%, 33 mi), Bartlesville (10%, 17 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 107 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barnsdall without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnsdall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnsdall
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.