Photo: Scott Nazelrod · CC BY-SA 2.5Madill’s household incomes are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
19.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. For jobs and income Madill is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). 1% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Madill at work: what stands out
Commutes from Madill are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
30% of Madill’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Few Madill workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Madill’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Madill’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,522, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madill could be anywhere from D− to C.
From Madill, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madill workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,563 commuters (the 1% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Madill
2,081 jobs are based in Madill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madill, 2013 → 2023: 2,378 → 2,081. 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 Madill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Madill
On a workday 1,263 residents head out to work, 411 work right here, and 1,670 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Madill on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
13% of working residents work in Ardmore
Where Madill clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Madill
About 26% 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.
Madill is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,579 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). 2.9% of Madill households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Madill sits among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 8 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
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| 980 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
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| 1,676 | Jones OK | 3,222 | $77K | 15.2% | 2.5% | 6% | B |
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| 3,782 | Monon Township IN | 3,382 | $49K | 18.6% | 5.8% | 18% | D |
| 3,783 | Carrollton KY | 3,964 | $46K | 22.8% | 6.5% | 17% | D |
| 3,784 | Madill OK | 4,181 | $48K | 19.9% | 6.4% | 25% | D |
| 3,785 | Madawaska ME | 3,846 | $57K | 13.0% | 7.4% | 54% | D |
| 3,786 | Westfield NY | 4,423 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.0% | 26% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Madill, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns around Madill
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madill | – | D | B+ | 15 min | $47,522 |
| Oakland | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakland: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madill’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 Madill: questions
What is the median household income in Madill?
$47,522 (±$5,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madill?
19.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madill?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madill work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ardmore (13%, 22 mi), Oklahoma City (6%, 104 mi), Durant (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madill walkable?
Madill is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madill 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 Madill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madill
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.