Fort Gibson · Photo: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer · Public domainHousehold incomes in Fort Gibson trail those of 61% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). The poverty rate is 11.9%; Oklahoma has 15.3%. Jobs and income earn Fort Gibson C+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fort Gibson in brief
Fort Gibson trades workers with the towns around it
Fort Gibson has about as many jobs (1,687) as working residents (1,714), but they are mostly different people: 1,400 residents leave for work each day while 1,373 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Fort Gibson are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fort Gibson and Muskogee trade workers both ways
Muskogee is the top workplace for Fort Gibson residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Fort Gibson come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Fort Gibson gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fort Gibson is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #37 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Fort Gibson’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fort Gibson could be anywhere from D to B+.
In and out of Fort Gibson on a workday
On a workday 1,400 residents head out to work, 314 work right here, and 1,373 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
32% of working residents work in Muskogee
Where Fort Gibson clocks in
32% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Fort Gibson
1,687 jobs are based in Fort Gibson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Gibson, 2014 → 2024: 1,639 → 1,687. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Gibson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Fort Gibson takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Gibson workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,467 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Fort Gibson
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Fort Gibson is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Gibson is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #77 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 1,648 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). 11.3% of Fort Gibson households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fort Gibson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100, Fort Gibson ranks 2,606th of 4,153 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,651 | Jones OK | 3,222 | $77K | 15.2% | 2.5% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,604 | Lake Montezuma AZ | 4,929 | $64K | 9.7% | 2.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,605 | Yountville CA | 3,198 | $80K | 14.7% | 5.6% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,606 | Fort Gibson OK | 3,814 | $68K | 11.9% | 4.0% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,607 | Montebello Township IL | 3,189 | $60K | 12.6% | 2.4% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,608 | Lemmon Valley NV | 4,412 | $76K | 9.0% | 10.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Fort Gibson, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door is work for 32% of Fort Gibson
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Gibson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gibson | – | C+ | B− | 18 min | $68,378 |
| Muskogee | 32% | D | B | 19 min | $50,213 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Muskogee. Darker towns draw more of Fort Gibson’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 2024, 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 Fort Gibson: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Gibson?
$68,378 (±$15,106) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Gibson?
11.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Gibson?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Gibson work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskogee (32%, 6 mi), Tulsa (10%, 43 mi), Tahlequah (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fort Gibson walkable?
Fort Gibson is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Gibson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Gibson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Gibson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.