Moore Public School Building · Photo: P. Melendez · CC BY 4.0Oklahoma City draws more than half of Moore’s working residents
About one in ten work in Moore; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (55%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Moore B; getting around on foot earns it B. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Moore, in a few figures
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Moore are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Moore’s own working residents. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Moore
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moore is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #20 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Moore’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moore could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Jobs in Moore: what the 17,028 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moore, 2013 → 2023: 17,531 → 17,028. 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 Moore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Moore
On a workday 23,365 residents head out to work, 2,989 work right here, and 14,039 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54,000 people are in Moore on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Moore work
Where Moore clocks in
55% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Moore: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moore workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,451 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Moore
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.
In Moore, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moore is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #67 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 31,535 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 3.5% of Moore households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Moore is 395th among 687 U.S. towns of 45,000 to 86,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 393 | Jeffersonville IN | 54,134 | $71K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 22% | B |
| 394 | DeSoto TX | 56,681 | $83K | 7.6% | 8.9% | 5% | B |
| 395 | Moore OK | 63,609 | $80K | 11.4% | 4.7% | 11% | B |
| 396 | West Allis WI | 60,119 | $68K | 11.5% | 4.1% | 10% | B |
| 397 | Coeur d'Alene ID | 58,179 | $72K | 9.2% | 2.9% | 44% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 596 | Stillwater OK | 50,046 | $44K | 27.4% | 6.4% | 48% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Midwest City OK | 58,799 | $58K | 16.5% | 7.1% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 625 | Enid OK | 50,297 | $62K | 13.7% | 5.3% | 57% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Moore, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
66% of Moore works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore | – | B | B | 23 min | $80,420 |
| Norman | 11% | C+ | A | 23 min | $67,704 |
| Oklahoma City | 55% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Moore’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 Moore: questions
What is the median household income in Moore?
$80,420 (±$3,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moore?
11.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moore?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moore work?
11% work in town.
Is Moore walkable?
Moore is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moore
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.