Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Stigler are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
2% of workers have no commute at all; Oklahoma has 9%. The poverty rate is 18.8%, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. For jobs and income Stigler is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stigler stands out on work
Stigler is where the jobs are
Stigler has 1,835 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Stigler than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Stigler fell from 2,665 in 2013 to 1,835 in 2023, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 971 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Stigler’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Stigler’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stigler could be anywhere from D− to D.
In and out of Stigler on a workday
On a workday 627 residents head out to work, 344 work right here, and 1,491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Stigler on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Stigler’s employers do
1,835 jobs are based in Stigler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stigler, 2013 → 2023: 2,665 → 1,835. 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 Stigler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Stigler’s workers come from
Where Stigler clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Stigler: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stigler workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,073 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.
Where in the region Stigler works
About 26% 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.
In Stigler, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,093 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). 14.3% of Stigler households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stigler’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stigler compares with U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 958 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,314 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,753 | Barbourville KY | 3,064 | $22K | 51.8% | 8.6% | 34% | D− |
| 4,754 | Mountain View MO | 2,661 | $39K | 29.4% | 6.2% | 23% | D− |
| 4,755 | Stigler OK | 2,749 | $43K | 18.8% | 9.0% | 35% | D− |
| 4,756 | McColl SC | 1,974 | $27K | 41.9% | 9.0% | 4% | D− |
| 4,757 | Memphis TX | 1,969 | $48K | 17.3% | 10.3% | 23% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Stigler, 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 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 Stigler: questions
What is the median household income in Stigler?
$42,976 (±$5,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stigler?
18.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stigler?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stigler work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (4%, 136 mi), Fort Smith (3%, 42 mi), Muskogee (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stigler walkable?
Stigler is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stigler without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stigler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stigler
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.