Caddo has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
167 jobs are based in Caddo; 347 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Caddo is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Caddo is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Caddo, in a few figures
38% of Caddo works in Durant
131 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Durant, 12 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Caddo itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Caddo’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Caddo’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($51,923, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Caddo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Caddo could be anywhere from C− to B−.
38% of working residents work in Durant
Where Caddo clocks in
38% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Caddo
About 31% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Caddo
On a workday 328 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Caddo on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Most jobs in Caddo are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caddo, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 167. 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 Caddo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Caddo: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caddo workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most trips from Caddo start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 505 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). 4.6% of Caddo households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caddo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Caddo is 2,043rd among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 856 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,140 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,041 | Starbuck MN | 1,406 | $73K | 10.3% | 2.8% | 10% | C |
| 2,042 | Pender NE | 1,106 | $73K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 27% | C |
| 2,043 | Caddo OK | 1,093 | $52K | 6.5% | 1.9% | 5% | C |
| 2,044 | Peace Township MN | 1,005 | $67K | 6.6% | 6.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,045 | Sandy Lake Township PA | 1,187 | $61K | 9.2% | 2.2% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Caddo, 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 Caddo: questions
What is the median household income in Caddo?
$51,923 (±$9,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caddo?
6.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caddo?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caddo work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durant (38%, 12 mi), Oklahoma City (8%, 117 mi), Denison (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caddo walkable?
Caddo is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caddo without a car?
0% 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 Caddo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caddo
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.