Photo: Omnedon · Public domainHousehold incomes in Stilwell trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for <1% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. 34.2% of residents are in poverty, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. The two grades for Stilwell are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Stilwell apart on work
Stilwell is where the jobs are
Stilwell has 2,310 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
30% of Stilwell’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Few Stilwell workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Stilwell’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stilwell is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #117 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Stilwell’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stilwell could be anywhere from D− to C−.
In and out of Stilwell on a workday
On a workday 968 residents head out to work, 428 work right here, and 1,882 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Stilwell on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Stilwell makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
2,310 jobs are based in Stilwell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stilwell, 2013 → 2023: 2,730 → 2,310. 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 Stilwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Stilwell: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stilwell workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 commuters (the <1% 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.
The towns that send workers to Stilwell
Where Stilwell clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stilwell
About 28% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Stilwell
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stilwell is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #17 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Stilwell 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 1,454 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). 18.5% of Stilwell households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stilwell’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stilwell compares with U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 8 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,016 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,742 | Jones OK | 3,222 | $77K | 15.2% | 2.5% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,158 | Masontown PA | 3,100 | $54K | 31.7% | 12.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,159 | Edgefield SC | 4,182 | $40K | 31.4% | 12.4% | 9% | D |
| 4,160 | Stilwell OK | 3,892 | $37K | 34.2% | 5.7% | 31% | D |
| 4,161 | Abbeville SC | 4,902 | $41K | 27.3% | 7.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,162 | Morris Township PA | 2,731 | $45K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Stilwell, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
How Stilwell compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stilwell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stilwell | – | D | A− | 22 min | $37,292 |
| Fairfield | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Marietta | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Zion | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairfield, Marietta and Zion: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stilwell’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 Stilwell: questions
What is the median household income in Stilwell?
$37,292 (±$6,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stilwell?
34.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stilwell?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stilwell work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westville (5%, 12 mi), Tahlequah (5%, 20 mi), Catoosa (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stilwell walkable?
Stilwell is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stilwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stilwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stilwell
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.