Montgomery-Linam House · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Marlow are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home (Oklahoma 9%). Below the poverty line: 21.8% of residents, next to 15.3% across Oklahoma. Marlow grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marlow apart
Marlow trades workers with the towns around it
Marlow has about as many jobs (1,662) as working residents (1,733), but they are mostly different people: 1,486 residents leave for work each day while 1,415 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Marlow are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Marlow and Duncan trade workers both ways
Duncan is the top workplace for Marlow residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Marlow come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Marlow: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marlow is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #58 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Marlow’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marlow could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Marlow
On a workday 1,486 residents head out to work, 247 work right here, and 1,415 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 (0.96 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.
29% of working residents work in Duncan
Where Marlow clocks in
29% of workers
11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marlow
About 30% 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.
Jobs in Marlow: what the 1,662 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marlow, 2013 → 2023: 1,379 → 1,662. 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 Marlow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Marlow, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marlow workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,637 commuters (the 5% 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 Marlow, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marlow is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #70 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 1,725 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). 6.0% of Marlow households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marlow’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marlow places 2,946th of 3,862 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 938 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Green Township MI | 3,408 | $83K | 20.1% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,945 | Cornville AZ | 3,618 | $73K | 6.7% | 8.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,946 | Marlow OK | 4,514 | $57K | 21.8% | 3.0% | 14% | C |
| 2,947 | Bloomfield Township IN | 5,883 | $62K | 13.6% | 6.2% | 19% | C |
| 2,948 | Williams CA | 5,529 | $91K | 9.3% | 17.2% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Marlow, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Marlow and its neighbors: 29% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Duncan. Darker towns draw more of Marlow’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 Marlow: questions
What is the median household income in Marlow?
$56,655 (±$3,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marlow?
21.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marlow?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marlow work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duncan (29%, 10 mi), Oklahoma City (11%, 63 mi), Lawton (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marlow walkable?
Marlow is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marlow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marlow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marlow
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.