Konawa Armory · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Households in Konawa have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
24.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. For jobs and income Konawa is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in ten stay in Konawa for work; outside it, Ada is the main destination (15%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Konawa in brief
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Konawa than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Konawa fell from 528 in 2013 to 343 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Konawa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 618 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Konawa’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Konawa’s grade up (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($33,789, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Konawa’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, Konawa could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far it is to work from Konawa
About 36% 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.
Inside Konawa’s 343 jobs
343 jobs are based in Konawa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Konawa, 2013 → 2023: 528 → 343. 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 Konawa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Konawa workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 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.
The daily commute in and out of Konawa
On a workday 557 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Konawa on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.56 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 Konawa goes to work
Where Konawa clocks in
14% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Konawa
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 352 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). 14.4% of Konawa households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Konawa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Konawa next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 4,572 | Fosston MN | 1,383 | $53K | 25.6% | 10.0% | 27% | D− |
| 4,573 | Beulaville NC | 1,176 | $37K | 26.5% | 2.9% | 11% | D− |
| 4,574 | Konawa OK | 1,242 | $34K | 24.6% | 3.0% | 10% | D− |
| 4,575 | Okeene OK | 1,047 | $58K | 30.6% | 10.5% | 30% | D− |
| 4,576 | Chesterfield SC | 1,357 | $45K | 28.3% | 10.0% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Konawa, 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 Konawa: questions
What is the median household income in Konawa?
$33,789 (±$3,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Konawa?
24.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Konawa?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Konawa work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ada (15%, 14 mi), Oklahoma City (14%, 56 mi), Seminole (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Konawa walkable?
Konawa is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Konawa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Konawa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Konawa
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.