Grandview has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Grandview has 25 jobs, and 545 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Grandview is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). 0% of workers work from home; Oklahoma has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grandview and work: the main findings
Grandview is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Grandview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grandview has about 730 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Grandview and Tahlequah trade workers both ways
Tahlequah is the top workplace for Grandview residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Grandview come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Grandview workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 545 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Grandview: the grade in detail
Household income holds Grandview’s grade up ($73,688, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Grandview’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, Grandview could be anywhere from D− to B.
Who works in Grandview, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 544 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Grandview on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
34% of working residents work in Tahlequah
Where Grandview clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 0% 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.
Grandview makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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 Grandview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Grandview
About 26% 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.
The commute in Grandview is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 438 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 Grandview households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grandview’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Grandview is 3,382nd 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 3,380 | Celoron NY | 1,049 | $52K | 16.6% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,381 | Clark Township IN | 1,087 | $64K | 10.2% | 7.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,382 | Grandview OK | 1,251 | $74K | 18.5% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,383 | Rockwell IA | 1,039 | $61K | 14.8% | 0.9% | 8% | C− |
| 3,384 | Wallis TX | 1,372 | $43K | 25.9% | 26.3% | 6% | 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 Grandview, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Grandview and its neighbors: 34% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | – | C− | D− | 20 min | $73,688 |
| Gideon | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Tahlequah | 34% | D | A− | 17 min | $49,581 |
| Steely Hollow | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gideon and Steely Hollow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tahlequah. Darker towns draw more of Grandview’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 Grandview: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview?
$73,688 (±$29,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview?
18.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tahlequah (34%, 4 mi), Tulsa (8%, 52 mi), Muskogee (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grandview walkable?
Grandview is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grandview 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 Grandview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview
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.