Most of Byng commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
3% of workers work from home, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. 122 jobs are based in Byng for 555 working residents. Byng grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Byng
Fewer jobs are based in Byng than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Byng fell from 525 in 2013 to 122 in 2023, −77%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
37% of Byng works in Ada
206 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Ada, 6.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 37 times as many as work in Byng itself. The commute map ↓
Byng is a place people come home to
There are 122 jobs based in Byng, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Byng has about 980 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 555 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Byng’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Byng is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Byng’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Byng’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Byng could be anywhere from D to B.
Jobs in Byng: what the 122 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byng, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 122. 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 Byng’s own residents hold wherever they work.
37% of working residents work in Ada
Where Byng clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Who works in Byng, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 549 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Byng on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Byng
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byng workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 579 commuters (the 3% 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 far Byng goes to work
About 28% 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.
Byng is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Byng is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 597 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). 2.7% of Byng households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byng’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Byng comes 2,791st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 812 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,417 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,789 | Cherry Township PA | 1,494 | $85K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,790 | Oakfield NY | 1,794 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,791 | Byng OK | 1,414 | $76K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Newport PA | 1,511 | $63K | 10.5% | 4.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Braddock Hills PA | 1,650 | $40K | 14.2% | 1.3% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Byng, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns next door employ 37% of Byng
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Ada. Darker towns draw more of Byng’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 Byng: questions
What is the median household income in Byng?
$75,625 (±$25,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byng?
7.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byng?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byng work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ada (37%, 7 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 63 mi), Ardmore (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byng walkable?
Byng is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byng without a car?
0% 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 Byng, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byng
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.