Fletcher has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Fletcher are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 100 jobs are based in Fletcher for 401 working residents. Only 3% work in Fletcher itself; outside it, Lawton draws the most (30%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fletcher, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Fletcher than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fletcher fell from 512 in 2013 to 100 in 2023, −80%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fletcher is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Fletcher, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
30% of Fletcher works in Lawton
122 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Lawton, 18 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Fletcher itself. The commute map ↓
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 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Fletcher gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Fletcher is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fletcher’s grade up ($71,458, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Fletcher’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, Fletcher could be anywhere from D to B−.
The kinds of work in Fletcher
100 jobs are based in Fletcher.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fletcher, 2013 → 2023: 512 → 100. 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 Fletcher’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Fletcher
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Fletcher on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of Fletcher to work: where people go
Where Fletcher clocks in
30% of workers
14% 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.
From Fletcher, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fletcher workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 539 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fletcher
About 36% 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.
In Fletcher, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fletcher is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fletcher 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 562 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). 4.5% of Fletcher households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fletcher’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fletcher is 3,304th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,136 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,302 | Greenup IL | 1,330 | $51K | 9.2% | 3.3% | 23% | C− |
| 3,303 | North English IA | 1,041 | $55K | 10.3% | 3.7% | 7% | C− |
| 3,304 | Fletcher OK | 1,274 | $71K | 19.7% | 4.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,305 | Elbridge Township MI | 1,009 | $81K | 14.9% | 5.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,306 | Oakland WI | 1,024 | $63K | 9.2% | 3.2% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Fletcher, 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 Fletcher: questions
What is the median household income in Fletcher?
$71,458 (±$15,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fletcher?
19.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fletcher?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fletcher work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (30%, 18 mi), Oklahoma City (14%, 60 mi), Elgin (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fletcher walkable?
Fletcher is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fletcher 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 Fletcher, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fletcher
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.