Hotel Dale · Photo: TulGuy · CC0Household incomes in Guymon trail those of 74% of U.S. towns
13.2% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 15.3% for Oklahoma as a whole. Jobs and income earn Guymon C; getting around on foot earns it B. About two in three work in Guymon; the top destination outside it is Liberal (3%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Guymon, in a few figures
Most jobs in Guymon go to people who live here
Of the 6,740 jobs based in Guymon, 58% are held by Guymon residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Guymon makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Guymon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Guymon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 50%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Guymon are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Guymon: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Guymon is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #47 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Guymon’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,075, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guymon could be anywhere from C− to B−.
How many people are in Guymon by day
On a workday 2,220 residents head out to work, 3,935 work right here, and 2,805 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 (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Guymon works in goods: 52% of its jobs
6,740 jobs are based in Guymon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guymon, 2013 → 2023: 6,736 → 6,740. 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 Guymon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Guymon spends getting to work: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guymon workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,901 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.
Where Guymon goes to work
Where Guymon clocks in
3% of workers
1% 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.
How far it is to work from Guymon
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.
For most of Guymon, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guymon is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #60 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 6,062 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). 4.2% of Guymon households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Guymon’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,789th of 2,354: where Guymon ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 417 | Newcastle OK | 15,198 | $93K | 3.8% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Rockport TX | 11,348 | $72K | 11.9% | 6.1% | 26% | C |
| 1,788 | Hardeeville SC | 16,459 | $78K | 11.8% | 7.3% | 6% | C |
| 1,789 | Guymon OK | 12,241 | $60K | 13.2% | 3.2% | 64% | C |
| 1,790 | Citrus Springs FL | 12,215 | $68K | 11.6% | 4.2% | 2% | C |
| 1,791 | South Daytona FL | 13,894 | $57K | 16.9% | 4.8% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Guymon, 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 Guymon: questions
What is the median household income in Guymon?
$60,075 (±$5,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guymon?
13.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guymon?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guymon work?
64% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Liberal (3%, 39 mi), Goodwell (2%, 10 mi), Oklahoma City (1%, 237 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guymon walkable?
Guymon is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guymon without a car?
1% 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 Guymon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guymon
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.