Most of McCord commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn McCord C+; getting around on foot earns it D. McCord has 294 jobs, and 582 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% stay in McCord for work; outside it, Ponca City is the main destination (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McCord: the figures worth knowing
McCord and Ponca City trade workers both ways
Ponca City is the top workplace for McCord residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in McCord come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Commutes from McCord are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. 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; with 582 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for McCord
On income, poverty and job access, McCord is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Household income holds McCord’s grade up ($83,125, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: McCord’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, McCord could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where McCord’s working residents head each day
Where McCord clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
Miles to work from McCord
About 44% 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.
Commuting from McCord: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCord workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 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.
The daily flow of workers through McCord
On a workday 556 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in McCord on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
What McCord’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCord, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 294. 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 McCord’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of McCord commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McCord is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 693 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of McCord households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McCord’s commuters take a bus or train.
McCord next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 2,890th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 859 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,888 | North Fork AZ | 1,463 | $123K | 13.5% | 5.8% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,889 | Belle Rose LA | 1,400 | $61K | 11.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,890 | McCord OK | 1,553 | $83K | 11.6% | 2.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,891 | Fulda MN | 1,303 | $71K | 7.3% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,892 | Chatham NY | 1,538 | $80K | 10.7% | 2.2% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 McCord, 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 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 McCord: questions
What is the median household income in McCord?
$83,125 (±$22,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCord?
11.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCord?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCord work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ponca City (21%, 4 mi), Oklahoma City (13%, 88 mi), Tulsa (5%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McCord walkable?
McCord is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McCord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCord, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCord
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.