Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Pryor Creek’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Pryor Creek D; getting around on foot earns it B+. 20.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. About one in four work in Pryor Creek itself; outside it, Tulsa draws the most (17%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pryor Creek at work: what stands out
Pryor Creek’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pryor Creek is Tulsa, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (686) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pryor Creek draws workers from far and wide
The 5,253 jobs in Pryor Creek are filled from a wide area. Pryor Creek’s own residents hold 19% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Pryor Creek’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pryor Creek is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #108 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Pryor Creek’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,839, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pryor Creek could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Pryor Creek goes to work
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.
The places Pryor Creek commutes to
Where Pryor Creek clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Pryor Creek by day and by night
On a workday 3,103 residents head out to work, 1,000 work right here, and 4,253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Pryor Creek on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What the 5,253 jobs in Pryor Creek are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pryor Creek, 2014 → 2024: 4,981 → 5,253. 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 Pryor Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Pryor Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pryor Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,307 commuters (the 9% 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 Pryor Creek: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pryor Creek is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #52 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 3,636 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). 4.3% of Pryor Creek households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pryor Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Pryor Creek sits among U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 466 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 678 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,673 | Fort Stewart GA | 9,285 | $54K | 19.0% | 11.2% | 2% | D |
| 2,674 | Donaldsonville LA | 7,094 | $24K | 44.8% | 13.4% | 16% | D |
| 2,675 | Pryor Creek OK | 9,723 | $45K | 20.5% | 8.6% | 24% | D |
| 2,676 | Susanville CA | 12,816 | $62K | 17.6% | 9.3% | 54% | D |
| 2,677 | Monticello NY | 7,195 | $51K | 29.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | 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 Pryor Creek, 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 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 Pryor Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Pryor Creek?
$44,839 (±$7,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pryor Creek?
20.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pryor Creek?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pryor Creek work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (17%, 35 mi), Claremore (5%, 17 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 136 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pryor Creek walkable?
Pryor Creek is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pryor Creek without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pryor Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pryor Creek
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.