With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Longtown works elsewhere
The two grades for Longtown are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Longtown report 296 jobs, against 694 working residents. Measured by household income, Longtown is behind 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Longtown, in brief
Longtown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Longtown is McAlester, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (96) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 than half of Longtown workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Longtown’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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 694 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Longtown’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Longtown is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #105 of 131 in Oklahoma. The poverty rate holds Longtown’s grade up (15.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Longtown’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, Longtown could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Longtown goes to work
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.
The kinds of work in Longtown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longtown, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 296. 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 Longtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Longtown by day
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Longtown on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
14% of working residents work in McAlester
Where Longtown clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Longtown takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longtown workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 825 commuters (the 9% 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 Longtown, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Longtown is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #123 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Longtown 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 908 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). 3.4% of Longtown households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Longtown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Longtown and other U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 958 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,314 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,495 | Jefferson Township KS | 2,117 | $42K | 19.7% | 5.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,496 | St. Johnsville NY | 2,589 | $55K | 21.0% | 6.6% | 11% | D |
| 4,497 | Longtown OK | 2,716 | $56K | 15.1% | 5.1% | 6% | D |
| 4,498 | Brownsville PA | 2,075 | $32K | 31.6% | 9.4% | 7% | D |
| 4,499 | Lake of the Woods AZ | 3,250 | $56K | 12.8% | 15.3% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Longtown, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns around Longtown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longtown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longtown | – | D | C− | 29 min | $56,333 |
| Carlton Landing | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carlton Landing: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Longtown’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 Longtown: questions
What is the median household income in Longtown?
$56,333 (±$11,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longtown?
15.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longtown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longtown work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAlester (14%, 26 mi), Eufaula (12%, 5 mi), Muskogee (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Longtown walkable?
Longtown 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 Longtown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longtown
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.