Photo: Smile25 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Carnegie are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Carnegie are D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 21.6% of residents, next to 15.3% for Oklahoma as a whole. About one in four work in Carnegie itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (11%, 66 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Carnegie: the gist
Carnegie’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carnegie is Oklahoma City, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Commutes from Carnegie are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Carnegie gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Carnegie is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Carnegie’s grade.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Carnegie’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, Carnegie could be anywhere from D− to D.
Miles to work from Carnegie
About 34% 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.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Carnegie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carnegie workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 526 commuters (the 10% 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.
Carnegie by day and by night
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 537 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Carnegie on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.
Out of Carnegie to work: where people go
Where Carnegie clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
What the 668 jobs in Carnegie are
668 jobs are based in Carnegie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carnegie, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 668. 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 Carnegie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Carnegie is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carnegie is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 585 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). 13.5% of Carnegie households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carnegie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carnegie and other U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,286 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,199 | Centreville MS | 1,091 | $42K | 24.2% | 0.3% | 9% | D− |
| 5,200 | Hurley NM | 1,211 | $36K | 17.7% | 3.4% | 3% | D− |
| 5,201 | Carnegie OK | 1,366 | $44K | 21.6% | 5.0% | 29% | D− |
| 5,202 | Canton PA | 1,682 | $42K | 22.2% | 8.1% | 16% | D− |
| 5,203 | Honaker VA | 1,191 | $44K | 26.5% | 0.5% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Carnegie, 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 Carnegie: questions
What is the median household income in Carnegie?
$43,839 (±$8,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carnegie?
21.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carnegie?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carnegie work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (11%, 66 mi), Lawton (5%, 35 mi), Anadarko (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carnegie walkable?
Carnegie is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carnegie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carnegie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carnegie
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.