Photo: Smallchief · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Newkirk trail those of 84% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. 14.9% of residents are in poverty, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. The two grades for Newkirk are D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Newkirk: the gist
Newkirk and Ponca City trade workers both ways
Ponca City is the top workplace for Newkirk residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Newkirk come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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; with 807 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Newkirk: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Newkirk’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Newkirk’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Newkirk stays D.
19% of working residents work in Ponca City
Where Newkirk clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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 far Newkirk goes to work
About 34% 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.
Who commutes out of Newkirk, and who commutes in
On a workday 699 residents head out to work, 108 work right here, and 505 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 (0.76 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.
The 613 jobs based in Newkirk
613 jobs are based in Newkirk.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newkirk, 2013 → 2023: 725 → 613. 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 Newkirk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Newkirk
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newkirk workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 771 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.
Few in Newkirk walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newkirk is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Newkirk 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 784 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 Newkirk households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newkirk’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newkirk is 4,461st of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,214 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,215 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,267 | Norwood OK | 1,752 | $89K | 8.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,459 | Royston GA | 2,693 | $34K | 22.2% | 5.3% | 9% | D |
| 4,460 | Sebewaing MI | 1,678 | $48K | 13.1% | 6.4% | 7% | D |
| 4,461 | Newkirk OK | 2,246 | $53K | 14.9% | 3.5% | 13% | D |
| 4,462 | Anson TX | 2,570 | $48K | 28.1% | 5.7% | 25% | D |
| 4,463 | Beaver Creek Township MI | 1,628 | $61K | 17.7% | 6.4% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Newkirk, 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 Newkirk: questions
What is the median household income in Newkirk?
$52,639 (±$4,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newkirk?
14.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newkirk?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newkirk work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ponca City (19%, 11 mi), Oklahoma City (11%, 101 mi), Arkansas City (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newkirk walkable?
Newkirk is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newkirk without a car?
0% 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 Newkirk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newkirk
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.