Photo: Steven White (The Phase Master) · CC BY-SA 4.0Calera has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Calera B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% work in Calera; the top destination outside it is Durant (43%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Calera: the figures worth knowing
43% of Calera works in Durant
533 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Durant, 4.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 14 times as many as work in Calera itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Calera are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Calera residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Calera is a place people come home to
There are 345 jobs based in Calera, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Calera has about 2,200 people in it, 29% 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.
Where Calera’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Calera is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #28 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Calera’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (15.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Calera could be anywhere from C to B+.
Commuting out of Calera: the destinations
Where Calera clocks in
43% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Calera
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calera workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,338 commuters (the 7% 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 Calera goes to work
About 23% 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 commute in and out of Calera
On a workday 1,206 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Calera on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Services make up most of the work in Calera
345 jobs are based in Calera.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calera, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 345. 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 Calera’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Calera, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Calera is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #121 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Calera near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,441 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). 4.0% of Calera households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Calera’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Calera ranks: 2,246th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 954 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,288 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,244 | Tatman Township ND | 2,673 | $61K | 2.4% | 12.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,245 | North Woodbury Township PA | 2,416 | $70K | 6.7% | 3.3% | 13% | B− |
| 2,246 | Calera OK | 3,145 | $64K | 15.7% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,247 | Lyman WY | 2,216 | $101K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 22% | B− |
| 2,248 | Jefferson Township IN | 3,204 | $61K | 7.6% | 3.2% | 19% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Calera, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
45% of Calera works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Durant. Darker towns draw more of Calera’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 Calera: questions
What is the median household income in Calera?
$64,449 (±$15,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calera?
15.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calera?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calera work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durant (43%, 5 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 123 mi), Denison (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calera walkable?
Calera is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calera without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calera, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calera
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.