Maysville has lower household incomes than 73% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 19.2%, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. For jobs and income Maysville is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Maysville, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Maysville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Maysville fell from 333 in 2014 to 221 in 2024, −34%. 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 ↓
Home offices are common in Maysville
21% of Maysville workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Maysville’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Maysville’s grade.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Maysville’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, Maysville could be anywhere from D to C−.
Inside Maysville’s 221 jobs
221 jobs are based in Maysville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maysville, 2014 → 2024: 333 → 221. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Maysville spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maysville workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 419 commuters (the 20% 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 Maysville
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 200 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.
0.69 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Maysville’s residents
Where Maysville clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
How many miles Maysville commutes
About 27% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Maysville is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 527 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). 5.0% of Maysville households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Maysville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Maysville ranks: 2,899th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 856 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,140 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,897 | Lamar Township MO | 1,434 | $57K | 14.7% | 0.0% | 3% | D |
| 2,898 | Clinton WI | 1,461 | $73K | 26.3% | 1.1% | 1% | D |
| 2,899 | Maysville OK | 1,096 | $61K | 19.2% | 2.0% | 7% | D |
| 2,900 | Stockdale TX | 1,494 | $53K | 24.5% | 5.2% | 10% | D |
| 2,901 | Dighton Township KS | 1,101 | $53K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 41% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Maysville, 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 2024, 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 Maysville: questions
What is the median household income in Maysville?
$60,931 (±$683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maysville?
19.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maysville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maysville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pauls Valley (9%, 14 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 42 mi), Lindsay (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Maysville walkable?
Maysville is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maysville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maysville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.