Cartmill Farm House · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Oklahoma City draws more than half of Piedmont’s working residents
Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Piedmont is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Below the poverty line: 2.6% of residents, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Piedmont and work: the main findings
More than half of Piedmont works in Oklahoma City
2,365 working residents, 59%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 20 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Piedmont itself. The commute map ↓
Piedmont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Piedmont has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Piedmont went from 1,077 in 2014 to 1,574 in 2024, +46%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Piedmont
70% of Piedmont residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Piedmont pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Piedmont’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piedmont could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where people from Piedmont work
Where Piedmont clocks in
59% 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.
Getting to work from Piedmont takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piedmont workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,677 commuters (the 14% 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.
What work there is in Piedmont: 1,574 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piedmont, 2014 → 2024: 1,077 → 1,574. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piedmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Piedmont
On a workday 3,685 residents head out to work, 301 work right here, and 1,273 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Piedmont on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.39 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 2024, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Piedmont
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Piedmont is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 4,282 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). 2.7% of Piedmont households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piedmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Piedmont ranks: 462nd of 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 460 | O'Hara Township PA | 8,909 | $117K | 5.4% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| 461 | Clay Township PA | 7,081 | $84K | 5.4% | 0.8% | 9% | A |
| 462 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| 463 | Helotes TX | 10,387 | $133K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 464 | Coventry CT | 12,446 | $108K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 680 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 908 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,003 | Noble OK | 7,748 | $82K | 10.8% | 1.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Piedmont, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
The towns next door employ 59% of Piedmont
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piedmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | – | A | D | 30 min | $104,441 |
| Oklahoma City | 59% | 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 Piedmont’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 2024, 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 Piedmont: questions
What is the median household income in Piedmont?
$104,441 (±$11,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piedmont?
2.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piedmont?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piedmont work?
8% work in town.
Is Piedmont walkable?
Piedmont is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piedmont without a car?
0% 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 Piedmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piedmont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.