Photo: Glenpool, Oklahoma · CC BY-SA 4.0Tulsa draws about half of Glenpool’s working residents
Glenpool grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% work in Glenpool; the top destination outside it is Tulsa (46%, 14 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Glenpool, in brief
Nearly half of Glenpool works in Tulsa
2,880 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Tulsa, 14 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Glenpool itself. The commute map ↓
Glenpool has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Glenpool went from 2,006 in 2013 to 3,116 in 2023, +55%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Glenpool’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glenpool is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #16 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Glenpool’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glenpool could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where people from Glenpool work
Where Glenpool clocks in
46% of workers
5% 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.
What the 3,116 jobs in Glenpool are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenpool, 2013 → 2023: 2,006 → 3,116. 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 Glenpool’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Glenpool by day
On a workday 5,866 residents head out to work, 421 work right here, and 2,695 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Glenpool on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
The trip to work from Glenpool: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenpool workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,155 commuters (the 5% 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 from Glenpool, by distance
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.
Most trips from Glenpool start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glenpool is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #105 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Glenpool 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 7,563 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Glenpool households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glenpool’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glenpool is 1,136th of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 436 | Newcastle OK | 15,198 | $93K | 3.8% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,134 | Waimalu HI | 13,061 | $89K | 6.8% | 6.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Flower Hill MD | 13,794 | $113K | 9.3% | 8.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Glenpool OK | 14,705 | $80K | 11.0% | 3.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,137 | River Grove IL | 10,409 | $70K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,138 | Clinton TN | 10,466 | $69K | 12.7% | 1.4% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,437 | Blanchard OK | 10,013 | $91K | 7.9% | 10.1% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Glenpool, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
12% of Glenpool works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Jenks (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glenpool workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenpool | – | B+ | C | 24 min | $79,525 |
| Liberty | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Jenks | 4% | A | C+ | 21 min | $111,004 |
| Mounds | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bixby | 4% | A− | B− | 24 min | $104,404 |
| Sapulpa | 4% | B− | C | 22 min | $63,817 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mounds: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glenpool’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 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 Glenpool: questions
What is the median household income in Glenpool?
$79,525 (±$4,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenpool?
11.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenpool?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenpool work?
7% work in town.
Is Glenpool walkable?
Glenpool is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenpool without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glenpool, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenpool
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.