Photo: Cityofeufaulaok · CC BY-SA 4.0Eufaula’s household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Eufaula grades D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 29.3% of residents, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. About one in four work in Eufaula itself; outside it, Tulsa draws the most (10%, 60 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eufaula, in a few figures
Eufaula’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eufaula is Tulsa, 60 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (98) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Eufaula is where the jobs are
Eufaula has 1,727 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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 ↓
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 962 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Eufaula gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Eufaula is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #129 of 131 in Oklahoma. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eufaula’s grade.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Eufaula’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eufaula stays D−.
Half of Eufaula commutes less than 30 miles
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.
Eufaula by day and by night
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 226 work right here, and 1,501 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Eufaula on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.8 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.
Where the people who work in Eufaula live
Where Eufaula clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
The 1,727 jobs based in Eufaula
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eufaula, 2013 → 2023: 1,525 → 1,727. 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 Eufaula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Eufaula’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eufaula workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 691 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.
The commute in Eufaula is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eufaula is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #37 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Eufaula 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 771 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). 6.1% of Eufaula households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Eufaula’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Eufaula sits among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 986 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,337 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,791 | Yuma CO | 3,424 | $48K | 31.5% | 8.9% | 36% | D− |
| 4,792 | Ruleville MS | 2,278 | $33K | 33.9% | 19.9% | 17% | D− |
| 4,793 | Eufaula OK | 2,882 | $37K | 29.3% | 2.8% | 23% | D− |
| 4,794 | Premont TX | 2,401 | $48K | 27.9% | 14.8% | 12% | D− |
| 4,795 | Brewster WA | 2,093 | $39K | 24.6% | 4.7% | 12% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | 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 Eufaula, 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 Eufaula: questions
What is the median household income in Eufaula?
$37,289 (±$6,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eufaula?
29.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eufaula?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eufaula work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (10%, 60 mi), Muskogee (7%, 34 mi), Longtown (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eufaula walkable?
Eufaula is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eufaula without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eufaula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eufaula
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.