Haskell has lower household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 20.7% of residents, next to 15.3% for Oklahoma as a whole. The two grades for Haskell are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 7% stay in Haskell for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (21%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Haskell apart
Haskell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Haskell is Tulsa, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (119) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Haskell workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Haskell
53% of Haskell residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Haskell pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. 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; with 576 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Haskell’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Haskell is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Haskell’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($33,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Haskell’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, Haskell could be anywhere from D to C−.
How far it is to work from Haskell
About 22% 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.
Time on the road from Haskell: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haskell workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 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.
What work there is in Haskell: 300 jobs
300 jobs are based in Haskell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haskell, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 300. 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 Haskell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Haskell, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Haskell on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.52 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 towns that employ Haskell’s residents
Where Haskell clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
In Haskell, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haskell is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 477 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). 5.5% of Haskell households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haskell’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Haskell ranks: 4,749th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 913 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,198 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,535 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,747 | Inglis FL | 1,640 | $57K | 14.7% | 3.8% | 11% | D |
| 4,748 | Memphis MO | 1,762 | $55K | 12.2% | 0.6% | 38% | D |
| 4,749 | Haskell OK | 1,740 | $34K | 20.7% | 6.5% | 7% | D |
| 4,750 | Leyden NY | 1,585 | $59K | 13.9% | 13.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,751 | Bloomfield Township PA | 1,821 | $63K | 18.6% | 7.3% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Haskell, 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 Haskell: questions
What is the median household income in Haskell?
$33,750 (±$16,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haskell?
20.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haskell?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haskell work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (21%, 25 mi), Muskogee (9%, 19 mi), Broken Arrow (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haskell walkable?
Haskell is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haskell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haskell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haskell
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.