Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Households in Tecumseh have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Tecumseh is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C). Below the poverty line: 16.3% of residents, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. About one in ten work in Tecumseh itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (21%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tecumseh in brief
Where Tecumseh’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Tecumseh’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($48,573, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tecumseh could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far Tecumseh goes to work
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 and out of Tecumseh on a workday
On a workday 2,136 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 1,069 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Tecumseh on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.55 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Tecumseh commutes to
Where Tecumseh clocks in
21% of workers
21% 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 Tecumseh
1,285 jobs are based in Tecumseh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tecumseh, 2013 → 2023: 1,401 → 1,285. 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 Tecumseh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Tecumseh: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tecumseh workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,383 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most of Tecumseh commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,613 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). 5.2% of Tecumseh households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tecumseh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,255 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600, Tecumseh comes 2,490th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 710 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,010 | Noble OK | 7,748 | $82K | 10.8% | 1.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,376 | Harrah OK | 7,212 | $84K | 10.8% | 3.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,488 | Delphos OH | 7,096 | $61K | 12.2% | 5.6% | 15% | C |
| 2,489 | Latrobe PA | 7,826 | $56K | 16.6% | 5.4% | 14% | C |
| 2,490 | Tecumseh OK | 6,402 | $49K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 9% | C |
| 2,491 | Shamokin PA | 6,764 | $40K | 24.6% | 2.1% | 7% | C |
| 2,492 | Malone NY | 5,315 | $61K | 22.2% | 2.3% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tecumseh, 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 Tecumseh: questions
What is the median household income in Tecumseh?
$48,573 (±$8,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tecumseh?
16.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tecumseh?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tecumseh work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (21%, 36 mi), Shawnee (21%, 7 mi), Norman (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tecumseh walkable?
Tecumseh is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tecumseh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tecumseh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tecumseh
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.