Nichols Park · Photo: OkmulgeeNews · CC BY-SA 3.0Henryetta’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Henryetta itself; outside it, Tulsa draws the most (14%, 48 miles). Poverty touches 30.3% of residents (Oklahoma 15.3%). Jobs and income earn Henryetta D−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Henryetta apart on work
Henryetta’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Henryetta is Tulsa, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (301) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Henryetta are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Henryetta workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Henryetta’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Why Henryetta gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Henryetta is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #128 of 131 in Oklahoma. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Henryetta’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henryetta could be anywhere from D− to D.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Henryetta
About 24% 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.
About 16 minutes to work from Henryetta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henryetta workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,668 commuters (the 7% 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.
Inside Henryetta’s 1,484 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henryetta, 2013 → 2023: 1,622 → 1,484. 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 Henryetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Henryetta
On a workday 1,727 residents head out to work, 434 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Henryetta on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Where people from Henryetta work
Where Henryetta clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
The commute in Henryetta is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henryetta is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #82 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 1,785 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). 7.2% of Henryetta households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henryetta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henryetta and other U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 738 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,445 | Harrah OK | 7,212 | $84K | 10.8% | 3.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,840 | McLoud OK | 4,564 | $63K | 18.0% | 1.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,531 | Folkston GA | 4,767 | $50K | 28.8% | 27.4% | 20% | D− |
| 3,532 | Ahoskie NC | 4,608 | $41K | 27.7% | 11.7% | 26% | D− |
| 3,533 | Henryetta OK | 5,620 | $45K | 30.3% | 10.8% | 20% | D− |
| 3,534 | Kayenta AZ | 4,927 | $58K | 37.7% | 13.5% | 17% | D− |
| 3,535 | Winnfield LA | 4,480 | $42K | 37.8% | 11.8% | 32% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Henryetta, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door to Henryetta
The biggest share goes to Dewar (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henryetta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henryetta | – | D− | B− | 16 min | $45,259 |
| Dewar | 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dewar: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henryetta’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 Henryetta: questions
What is the median household income in Henryetta?
$45,259 (±$4,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henryetta?
30.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henryetta?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henryetta work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (14%, 48 mi), Okmulgee (7%, 13 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henryetta walkable?
Henryetta is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henryetta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henryetta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henryetta
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.