Mooreland has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns. Employers in Mooreland report 223 jobs; 501 of its residents have a job. Mooreland grades D− 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
What sets Mooreland apart on work
Mooreland and Woodward trade workers both ways
Woodward is the top workplace for Mooreland residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Mooreland come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mooreland than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mooreland fell from 496 in 2013 to 223 in 2023, −55%. 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 ↓
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 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Mooreland earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mooreland is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mooreland’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Mooreland’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, Mooreland could be anywhere from D− to C−.
25% of working residents work in Woodward
Where Mooreland clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
2% 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 Mooreland
About 45% 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 Mooreland: what the 223 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mooreland, 2013 → 2023: 496 → 223. 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 Mooreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mooreland by day and by night
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Mooreland on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The daily trip from Mooreland: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mooreland workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 563 commuters (the 2% 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.
Getting around Mooreland: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mooreland is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mooreland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 572 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). 0.0% of Mooreland households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mooreland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Mooreland sits among 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 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% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,441 | Loving NM | 1,391 | $44K | 20.1% | 16.2% | 9% | D− |
| 3,442 | Robbins NC | 1,305 | $53K | 22.1% | 0.7% | 4% | D− |
| 3,443 | Mooreland OK | 1,122 | $55K | 22.8% | 0.0% | 9% | D− |
| 3,444 | Heppner OR | 1,128 | $50K | 15.8% | 2.8% | 21% | D− |
| 3,445 | Wolfhurst OH | 1,058 | $29K | 33.3% | 19.7% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Mooreland, 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 Mooreland: questions
What is the median household income in Mooreland?
$54,728 (±$10,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mooreland?
22.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mooreland?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mooreland work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodward (25%, 11 mi), Oklahoma City (11%, 116 mi), Wichita (2%, 134 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mooreland walkable?
Mooreland is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mooreland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mooreland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mooreland
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.