Tulsa draws about half of Oakhurst’s working residents
Measured by household income, Oakhurst is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Oakhurst grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% stay in Oakhurst for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (45%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Oakhurst apart
Oakhurst is where the jobs are
Oakhurst has 1,943 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, 45% more than the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Oakhurst have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Oakhurst went from 961 in 2013 to 1,943 in 2023, +102%. 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 959 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Oakhurst’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oakhurst is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Oakhurst’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oakhurst could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who works in Oakhurst, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 937 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 1,921 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Oakhurst on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Making and building: 59% of jobs based in Oakhurst
1,943 jobs are based in Oakhurst.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakhurst, 2013 → 2023: 961 → 1,943. 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 Oakhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Oakhurst’s workforce comes from
Where Oakhurst clocks in
45% of workers
6% 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.
From Oakhurst, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakhurst workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 977 commuters (the 8% 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 Oakhurst’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Getting around Oakhurst: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oakhurst is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 1,060 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 4.9% of Oakhurst households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oakhurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Oakhurst ranks: 3,319th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 970 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,261 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,262 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,317 | Jefferson Township OH | 2,501 | $68K | 22.3% | 2.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,318 | Cecilia LA | 1,742 | $67K | 22.6% | 2.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,319 | Oakhurst OK | 2,175 | $57K | 18.9% | 5.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,320 | Rose NY | 2,260 | $76K | 8.1% | 6.9% | 5% | C |
| 3,321 | Salem Township OH | 1,571 | $78K | 15.6% | 9.7% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Oakhurst, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Oakhurst and its neighbors: 53% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakhurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst | – | C | C | 21 min | $57,222 |
| Sapulpa | 5% | B− | C | 22 min | $63,817 |
| Tulsa | 45% | C | A− | 19 min | $59,838 |
| Sand Springs | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $75,645 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tulsa. Darker towns draw more of Oakhurst’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 Oakhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Oakhurst?
$57,222 (±$8,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakhurst?
18.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakhurst?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakhurst work?
2% work in town.
Is Oakhurst walkable?
Oakhurst is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oakhurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakhurst
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.