Household incomes in Rush Springs are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 25.6%, next to 15.3% for Oklahoma as a whole. Jobs and income earn Rush Springs D−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% stay in Rush Springs for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (17%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rush Springs, in brief
Rush Springs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rush Springs is Oklahoma City, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Rush Springs is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Rush Springs, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 325 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Rush Springs: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Rush Springs is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rush Springs’ grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Rush Springs’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rush Springs could be anywhere from D− to D.
Rush Springs’ commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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 2024.
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 Rush Springs, and who commutes in
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Rush Springs on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Out of Rush Springs to work: where people go
Where Rush Springs clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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 Rush Springs’ employers do
94 jobs are based in Rush Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush Springs, 2014 → 2024: 164 → 94. 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 Rush Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Rush Springs spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rush Springs workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 commuters (the 7% 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.
Driving is how Rush Springs gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rush Springs is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 495 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 Rush Springs households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rush Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, and where Rush Springs sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 692 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 929 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,853 | Wolfhurst OH | 1,058 | $29K | 33.3% | 19.7% | 3% | D− |
| 2,854 | West Jefferson NC | 1,348 | $47K | 20.8% | 12.7% | 12% | D− |
| 2,855 | Rush Springs OK | 1,020 | $45K | 25.6% | 3.7% | 2% | D− |
| 2,856 | Rotan TX | 1,333 | $53K | 19.4% | 4.2% | 31% | D− |
| 2,857 | Cottonwood AL | 1,104 | $34K | 27.6% | 1.3% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Rush Springs, 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 Rush Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Rush Springs?
$45,125 (±$7,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush Springs?
25.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush Springs?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush Springs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (17%, 54 mi), Duncan (12%, 20 mi), Lawton (10%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rush Springs walkable?
Rush Springs is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush Springs 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 Rush Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rush Springs
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.