For more than half of its working residents, Bixby is a commute to Tulsa
Measured by household income, Bixby is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Bixby is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten work in Bixby; the top destination outside it is Tulsa (52%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bixby: the figures worth knowing
Bixby has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bixby went from 6,173 in 2013 to 10,124 in 2023, +64%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bixby
63% of Bixby residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Bixby pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bixby
Household income is its strongest input ($104,404, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bixby could be anywhere from B+ to A.
What work there is in Bixby: 10,124 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bixby, 2013 → 2023: 6,173 → 10,124. 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 Bixby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bixby, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11,721 residents head out to work, 1,236 work right here, and 8,888 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 (0.78 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.
Where the trip to work from Bixby ends
Where Bixby clocks in
52% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Bixby: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bixby workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,609 commuters (the 14% 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.
The commute from Bixby, by distance
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.
Bixby is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below 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 14,670 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Bixby households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bixby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bixby is 372nd among 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 261 | Jenks OK | 28,175 | $111K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 370 | Newark DE | 30,359 | $77K | 27.7% | 6.7% | 11% | A− |
| 371 | Romeoville IL | 41,281 | $106K | 5.5% | 5.0% | 8% | A− |
| 372 | Bixby OK | 32,766 | $104K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 10% | A− |
| 373 | Saginaw TX | 26,706 | $97K | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6% | A− |
| 374 | Oakleaf Plantation FL | 32,070 | $109K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 665 | Yukon OK | 27,615 | $75K | 8.8% | 4.0% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 704 | Mustang OK | 24,571 | $88K | 8.0% | 5.7% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Bixby, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Bixby and its neighbors: 63% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bixby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby | – | A− | B− | 24 min | $104,404 |
| Jenks | 3% | A | C+ | 21 min | $111,004 |
| Broken Arrow | 7% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $86,765 |
| Tulsa | 52% | C | A− | 19 min | $59,838 |
| Glenpool | 1% | B+ | C | 24 min | $79,525 |
| Leonard | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leonard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tulsa. Darker towns draw more of Bixby’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 Bixby: questions
What is the median household income in Bixby?
$104,404 (±$7,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bixby?
5.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bixby?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bixby work?
10% work in town.
Is Bixby walkable?
Bixby is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bixby without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bixby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bixby
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.