With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Cleora works elsewhere
For 34% of workers, the job is at home (Oklahoma 9%). 221 jobs are based in Cleora, and 481 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Cleora C−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cleora in brief
Cleora’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cleora is Tulsa, 62 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (84) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Cleora
34% of Cleora workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cleora’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Cleora is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cleora’s grade up ($82,321, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Cleora’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cleora could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How far Cleora goes to work
About 39% 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.
Getting to work from Cleora takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleora workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 403 commuters (the 34% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Cleora
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cleora on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
17% of working residents work in Tulsa
Where Cleora clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Cleora: what the 221 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleora, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 221. 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 Cleora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Cleora start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleora is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 3.4% of Cleora households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cleora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Cleora ranks 4,213th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,538 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,211 | Black Lick Township PA | 1,105 | $69K | 14.8% | 7.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,212 | Beaver WI | 1,192 | $65K | 11.0% | 1.3% | 5% | C− |
| 4,213 | Cleora OK | 1,477 | $82K | 14.5% | 6.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,214 | Albany OH | 1,001 | $52K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 5% | C− |
| 4,215 | Von Ormy TX | 1,241 | $39K | 23.5% | 5.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Cleora, 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 Cleora: questions
What is the median household income in Cleora?
$82,321 (±$34,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cleora?
14.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleora?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleora work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (17%, 62 mi), Vinita (6%, 8 mi), Grove (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cleora walkable?
Cleora is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cleora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleora
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.