For more than half of its working residents, Geronimo is a commute to Lawton
For jobs and income Geronimo is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Hardly any work in Geronimo itself; outside it, Lawton draws the most (53%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Geronimo, in a few figures
More than half of Geronimo works in Lawton
219 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Lawton, 9.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Geronimo itself. The commute map ↓
Geronimo is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Geronimo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Geronimo has about 840 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Geronimo earns its Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Geronimo’s grade.
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Geronimo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Geronimo could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Out of Geronimo to work: where people go
Where Geronimo clocks in
53% of workers
10% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Geronimo
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Geronimo on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
Geronimo’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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.
Inside Geronimo’s 62 jobs
62 jobs are based in Geronimo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Geronimo, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 62. 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 Geronimo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Geronimo: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Geronimo workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Geronimo, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Geronimo is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Geronimo 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 596 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). 3.9% of Geronimo households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Geronimo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Geronimo ranks 1,834th of 4,312 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 996 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,832 | Turtle Lake WI | 1,023 | $61K | 5.3% | 2.0% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,833 | East Finley Township PA | 1,286 | $78K | 9.4% | 1.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,834 | Geronimo OK | 1,188 | $74K | 10.6% | 7.5% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,835 | White Deer TX | 1,082 | $87K | 9.6% | 1.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,836 | Jackson Township PA | 1,195 | $76K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Geronimo, 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 Geronimo: questions
What is the median household income in Geronimo?
$73,611 (±$21,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Geronimo?
10.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Geronimo?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Geronimo work?
0% work in town.
Is Geronimo walkable?
Geronimo is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Geronimo 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 Geronimo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Geronimo
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.