St. Stephen's Episcopal Church · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Chandler trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Chandler for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (25%, 42 miles). 29.0% of residents are in poverty, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. Chandler grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Chandler, in brief
Chandler’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chandler is Oklahoma City, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (270) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Chandler is where the jobs are
Chandler has 1,708 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Chandler workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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.
Where Chandler’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chandler is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #99 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Chandler’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chandler could be anywhere from D− to C.
How far Chandler’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Chandler fills up on a workday
On a workday 797 residents head out to work, 278 work right here, and 1,430 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Chandler on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip from Chandler: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chandler workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 986 commuters (the 12% 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.
The daily trip into Chandler
Where Chandler clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Chandler’s 1,708 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 2,129 → 1,708. 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 Chandler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Chandler start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chandler is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #63 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of 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 1,123 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 Chandler households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chandler’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Chandler ranks: 4,097th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 944 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,272 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,095 | Crystal River FL | 3,618 | $54K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 10% | D |
| 4,096 | Carthage NY | 3,196 | $58K | 25.8% | 5.6% | 16% | D |
| 4,097 | Chandler OK | 2,963 | $47K | 29.0% | 5.5% | 26% | D |
| 4,098 | Flandreau SD | 2,396 | $49K | 21.9% | 4.9% | 41% | D |
| 4,099 | Lewis Township OH | 2,473 | $70K | 26.6% | 6.3% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Chandler, 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 Chandler: questions
What is the median household income in Chandler?
$46,645 (±$8,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chandler?
29.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chandler?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chandler work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (25%, 42 mi), Tulsa (4%, 60 mi), Stillwater (3%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chandler walkable?
Chandler is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chandler 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 Chandler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chandler
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.