Stoney Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). Stoney Point has 6 jobs for 45 working residents. Hardly any stay in Stoney Point for work; outside it, Sallisaw is the main destination (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Stoney Point by day
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Stoney Point 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.
Where Stoney Point goes to work
Where Stoney Point clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
In Stoney Point, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stoney Point, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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 Stoney Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Stoney Point: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stoney Point workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 15% 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 distance from Stoney Point to work
About 47% 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.
Work in the towns next to Stoney Point
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stoney Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Point | – | — | — | 32 min | $34,861 |
| Brushy | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Akins | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brushy and Akins: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stoney Point’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 Stoney Point: questions
What is the median household income in Stoney Point?
$34,861 (±$21,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stoney Point?
30.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stoney Point?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stoney Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sallisaw (16%, 10 mi), Tulsa (13%, 79 mi), Fort Smith (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stoney Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stoney Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stoney Point
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.