Parker, Quanah, Star House · Photo: Karen Reid · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Cache (9.5%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Cache; the top destination outside it is Lawton (43%, 11 miles). Cache grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. The average commute, 22 minutes each way, matches the Oklahoma norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cache: the figures worth knowing
43% of Cache works in Lawton
443 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Lawton, 11 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Cache itself. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Cache pay little
26% of the jobs based in Cache pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
Cache’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cache is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #85 of 131 in Oklahoma. Household income holds Cache’s grade up ($65,536, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cache could be anywhere from D to C.
Commuting out of Cache: the destinations
Where Cache clocks in
43% of workers
10% of workers
2% 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 Cache, services account for most jobs
576 jobs are based in Cache.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cache, 2013 → 2023: 733 → 576. 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 Cache’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cache by day and by night
On a workday 911 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 458 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Cache on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OK average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cache workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,234 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Cache commutes less than 14 miles
About 29% 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.
Most of Cache commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cache is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #122 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,293 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). 2.9% of Cache households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cache’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cache places 3,816th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,293 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,814 | Vidalia LA | 3,925 | $48K | 18.7% | 5.3% | 21% | D |
| 3,815 | Crooksville OH | 2,404 | $47K | 30.7% | 3.8% | 9% | D |
| 3,816 | Cache OK | 3,239 | $66K | 16.5% | 9.5% | 11% | D |
| 3,817 | Saluda SC | 3,086 | $43K | 43.9% | 3.7% | 8% | D |
| 3,818 | Parker AZ | 3,394 | $66K | 12.7% | 7.4% | 28% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Cache, 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 Cache: questions
What is the median household income in Cache?
$65,536 (±$7,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cache?
16.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cache?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cache work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (43%, 11 mi), Oklahoma City (10%, 85 mi), Tulsa (2%, 185 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cache walkable?
Cache is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cache 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 Cache, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cache
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.