For more than half of its working residents, Jones is a commute to Oklahoma City
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Jones B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 6% stay in Jones for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (56%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Jones: the gist
The four measures behind Jones’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jones is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #21 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Jones’ grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jones could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jones
On a workday 1,143 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Jones on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.47 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 the trip to work from Jones ends
Where Jones clocks in
56% 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 work there is in Jones: 571 jobs
571 jobs are based in Jones.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jones, 2013 → 2023: 523 → 571. 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 Jones’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Jones
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jones workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,241 commuters (the 8% 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.
Jones’ commute, mile by mile
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 Jones is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jones is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #125 of 131 in Oklahoma. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,350 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 5.2% of Jones households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jones’ commuters take a bus or train.
Jones places 1,615th of 4,316 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 912 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,242 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,613 | Dunham Township OH | 2,503 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,614 | Cooper Township PA | 2,537 | $81K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,615 | Jones OK | 3,222 | $77K | 15.2% | 2.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,616 | Dillsburg PA | 2,635 | $84K | 8.8% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,617 | Inland Township MI | 2,493 | $81K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,316 | 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 Jones, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Jones and its neighbors: 59% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jones workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones | – | B | C− | 26 min | $77,371 |
| Oklahoma City | 56% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
| Choctaw | 3% | A− | C | 26 min | $100,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Jones’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 Jones: questions
What is the median household income in Jones?
$77,371 (±$6,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jones?
15.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jones?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jones work?
6% work in town.
Is Jones walkable?
Jones is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jones without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jones, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jones
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.