Paoli has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Paoli itself; outside it, Pauls Valley draws the most (31%, 8 miles). 54 jobs are based in Paoli, and 170 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Paoli, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Paoli on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where the trip to work from Paoli ends
Where Paoli clocks in
31% 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.
What Paoli’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paoli, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 54. 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 Paoli’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Paoli spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paoli workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Paoli
About 18% 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.
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 Paoli: questions
What is the median household income in Paoli?
$57,083 (±$13,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paoli?
19.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paoli?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paoli work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pauls Valley (31%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 46 mi), Ada (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paoli without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paoli, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paoli
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.