About half of Tuttle’s working residents commute to Oklahoma City
About one in ten work in Tuttle itself; outside it, Oklahoma City draws the most (50%, 17 miles). Jobs and income earn Tuttle A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Tuttle is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tuttle apart on work
More than half of Tuttle works in Oklahoma City
1,726 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 17 miles away across the town line. That’s 5 times as many as work in Tuttle itself. The commute map ↓
Tuttle makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Tuttle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tuttle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Tuttle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
The figures behind Tuttle’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tuttle is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #10 of 131 in Oklahoma. Household income holds Tuttle’s grade up ($103,994, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tuttle could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Tuttle’s working residents head each day
Where Tuttle clocks in
50% 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.
A place that makes things: 48% of Tuttle’s jobs are in goods
1,770 jobs are based in Tuttle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuttle, 2013 → 2023: 1,455 → 1,770. 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 Tuttle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Tuttle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuttle workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,759 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who commutes out of Tuttle, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,149 residents head out to work, 332 work right here, and 1,438 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Tuttle on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.51 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 distance from Tuttle 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.
Few in Tuttle walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuttle is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #126 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 4,051 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). 1.1% of Tuttle households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuttle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tuttle is 923rd of 2,927 U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 476 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 921 | Pendleton NY | 7,120 | $114K | 9.4% | 3.8% | 6% | A− |
| 922 | Spring Lake Park MN | 7,127 | $91K | 11.0% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| 923 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 10% | A− |
| 924 | Lower Swatara Township PA | 10,043 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.1% | 9% | A− |
| 925 | Home Gardens CA | 10,506 | $96K | 6.2% | 5.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,029 | Noble OK | 7,748 | $82K | 10.8% | 1.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,165 | The Village OK | 9,276 | $77K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | 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 Tuttle, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
52% of Tuttle works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuttle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle | – | A− | C− | 29 min | $103,994 |
| Oklahoma City | 50% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
| Bridge Creek | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Newcastle | 2% | A | C | 28 min | $93,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridge Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Tuttle’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 Tuttle: questions
What is the median household income in Tuttle?
$103,994 (±$8,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuttle?
5.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuttle?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuttle work?
10% work in town.
Is Tuttle walkable?
Tuttle is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuttle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuttle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuttle
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.