With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Justice works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Justice B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Justice report 142 jobs; 619 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Justice is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Justice, in brief
Justice is a place people come home to
There are 142 jobs based in Justice, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Justice has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Justice works in Tulsa
175 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Tulsa, 22 miles away. That’s 28 times as many as work in Justice itself. The commute map ↓
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 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Justice’s grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Justice’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Justice’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, Justice could be anywhere from B to A.
Justice quiets down on a workday
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Justice on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
28% of working residents work in Tulsa
Where Justice clocks in
28% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Justice
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Justice, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 142. 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 Justice’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Justice: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Justice workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 642 commuters (the 12% 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 in the region Justice works
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.
Driving is how Justice gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Justice is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Justice near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 726 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). 4.7% of Justice households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Justice’s commuters take a bus or train.
859th of 5,794: where Justice ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 857 | Chesilhurst NJ | 1,564 | $92K | 10.4% | 7.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 858 | Cold Spring NY | 1,998 | $117K | 4.5% | 6.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 859 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 860 | Oakham MA | 1,917 | $102K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 861 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,218 | Norwood OK | 1,752 | $89K | 8.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Justice, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
14% of Justice works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Claremore. Darker towns draw more of Justice’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 Justice: questions
What is the median household income in Justice?
$97,861 (±$6,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Justice?
7.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Justice?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Justice work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (28%, 22 mi), Claremore (14%, 3 mi), Catoosa (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Justice walkable?
Justice is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Justice without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Justice, from the people who make the trip.
More of Justice
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.