Most of Kenwood commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
10 jobs are based in Kenwood for 321 working residents. Jobs and income earn Kenwood D; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kenwood in brief
Kenwood is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Kenwood, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Kenwood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kenwood is Tulsa, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (31) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Kenwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Kenwood
On income, poverty and job access, Kenwood is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Kenwood’s grade up ($58,135, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Kenwood’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, Kenwood could be anywhere from D− to D.
Kenwood by day and by night
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Kenwood on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Kenwood
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from Kenwood: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenwood workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 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.
10% of working residents work in Tulsa
Where Kenwood clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 Kenwood, 80% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenwood, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 10. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Kenwood, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kenwood is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 2.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 447 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). 5.2% of Kenwood households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kenwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kenwood is 4,336th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,136 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,334 | Sherman Township MI | 1,026 | $49K | 13.8% | 0.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,335 | Scenic AZ | 1,379 | $29K | 12.5% | 10.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,336 | Kenwood OK | 1,284 | $58K | 18.5% | 6.6% | <1% | D |
| 4,337 | Cobden IL | 1,024 | $46K | 28.8% | 4.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,338 | Irvington KY | 1,396 | $48K | 27.1% | 4.2% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Kenwood, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns around Kenwood
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kenwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood | – | D | D | 35 min | $58,135 |
| Wickliffe | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bull Hollow | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Old Eucha | under 2% | — | — | 54 min | — |
| Pump Back | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wickliffe, Bull Hollow, Old Eucha and Pump Back: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kenwood’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 2024, 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 Kenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Kenwood?
$58,135 (±$8,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenwood?
18.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenwood?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenwood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (10%, 52 mi), Salina (8%, 9 mi), Pryor Creek (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kenwood walkable?
Kenwood is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kenwood 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 Kenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.