Sperry has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 267 jobs in Sperry, against 527 working residents. Sperry grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sperry
The figures behind Sperry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sperry is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Sperry’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,583, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Sperry’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, Sperry could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Sperry
On a workday 507 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Sperry on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
42% of working residents work in Tulsa
Where Sperry clocks in
42% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Sperry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sperry, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 267. 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 Sperry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Sperry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sperry workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 commuters (the 11% 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.
Sperry’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Sperry, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sperry is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Sperry near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 444 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Sperry households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sperry’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sperry ranks: 2,901st of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 67 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,136 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,899 | Cavalier ND | 1,218 | $60K | 6.2% | 8.7% | 34% | C |
| 2,900 | Ashley OH | 1,343 | $57K | 20.1% | 4.8% | 2% | C |
| 2,901 | Sperry OK | 1,241 | $50K | 17.7% | 5.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,902 | Cherry Township PA | 1,041 | $73K | 11.2% | 5.9% | 9% | C |
| 2,903 | Dunn WI | 1,477 | $75K | 13.4% | 9.0% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sperry, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door is work for 45% of Sperry
The biggest share goes to Tulsa (42%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sperry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sperry | – | C | C+ | 25 min | $49,583 |
| Sand Springs | under 1% | B− | B− | 21 min | $75,645 |
| Skiatook | 3% | C+ | C | 24 min | $57,480 |
| Tulsa | 42% | C | A− | 19 min | $59,838 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sperry’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 Sperry: questions
What is the median household income in Sperry?
$49,583 (±$9,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sperry?
17.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sperry?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sperry work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (42%, 13 mi), Oklahoma City (6%, 102 mi), Owasso (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sperry walkable?
Sperry is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sperry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sperry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sperry
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.