Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Oklahoma City draws more than half of Choctaw’s working residents
Measured by household income, Choctaw is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Choctaw is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Only 7% stay in Choctaw for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (51%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Choctaw, in a few figures
Choctaw has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Choctaw went from 1,806 in 2013 to 2,651 in 2023, +47%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Choctaw
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Choctaw’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Choctaw could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Jobs in Choctaw: what the 2,651 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Choctaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,806 → 2,651. 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 Choctaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Choctaw
On a workday 4,231 residents head out to work, 343 work right here, and 2,308 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Choctaw on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where people from Choctaw work
Where Choctaw clocks in
51% 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.
Commuting from Choctaw: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Choctaw workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,072 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.
Where in the region Choctaw works
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 Choctaw commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,515 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Choctaw households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Choctaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
Choctaw next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 622nd of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 417 | Newcastle OK | 15,198 | $93K | 3.8% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
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| 620 | Signal Hill CA | 11,153 | $113K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 4% | A− |
| 621 | Amityville NY | 9,799 | $106K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 9% | A− |
| 622 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| 623 | Jefferson Hills PA | 12,357 | $116K | 2.8% | 5.7% | 7% | A− |
| 624 | Neshannock Township PA | 9,599 | $83K | 4.2% | 2.2% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,008 | The Village OK | 9,276 | $77K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Choctaw, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Bordering towns draw 62% of Choctaw’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Choctaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw | – | A− | C | 26 min | $100,574 |
| Oklahoma City | 51% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
| Midwest City | 8% | C | B+ | 23 min | $57,520 |
| Jones | 1% | B | C− | 26 min | $77,371 |
| Nicoma Park | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $62,447 |
| Harrah | 2% | B | C− | 33 min | $84,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Choctaw’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 Choctaw: questions
What is the median household income in Choctaw?
$100,574 (±$7,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Choctaw?
6.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Choctaw?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Choctaw work?
7% work in town.
Is Choctaw walkable?
Choctaw is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Choctaw without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Choctaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Choctaw
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.