Photo: Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious from Santa Cruz, California , USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Krebs have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 15 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). Below the poverty line: 19.8% of residents, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. Krebs grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Krebs
Krebs and McAlester trade workers both ways
McAlester is the top workplace for Krebs residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Krebs come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
Krebs makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Krebs are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Krebs residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. 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; with 527 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Krebs
On income, poverty and job access, Krebs is better than 6% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Krebs’ grade.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Krebs’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, Krebs could be anywhere from D− to C−.
38% of working residents work in McAlester
Where Krebs clocks in
38% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Krebs
About 39% 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.
Krebs works in goods: 45% of its jobs
476 jobs are based in Krebs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Krebs, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 476. 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 Krebs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Krebs by day
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Krebs: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Krebs workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 712 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Krebs, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Krebs is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 737 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). 12.4% of Krebs households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Krebs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Krebs next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,323 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,324 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,227 | Trenton FL | 2,296 | $49K | 18.8% | 4.9% | 14% | D |
| 5,228 | Oswego KS | 1,621 | $54K | 22.8% | 9.9% | 25% | D |
| 5,229 | Krebs OK | 2,068 | $46K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 4% | D |
| 5,230 | De Leon TX | 2,370 | $47K | 16.0% | 7.6% | 23% | D |
| 5,231 | Sprigg Township OH | 1,767 | $58K | 18.0% | 13.5% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Krebs, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns next door employ 38% of Krebs
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to McAlester. Darker towns draw more of Krebs’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 Krebs: questions
What is the median household income in Krebs?
$45,893 (±$9,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Krebs?
19.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Krebs?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Krebs work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAlester (38%, 3 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 108 mi), Durant (3%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Krebs walkable?
Krebs is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Krebs without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Krebs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Krebs
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.