Twin Oaks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
26% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. There are 7 jobs in Twin Oaks, and 126 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Twin Oaks for work; outside it, Siloam Springs is the main destination (10%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Twin Oaks, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Twin Oaks on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Twin Oaks work
Where Twin Oaks clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 Twin Oaks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Oaks, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 7. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twin Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Twin Oaks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Oaks workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 26% 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 commute from Twin Oaks, by distance
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Twin Oaks
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks | – | — | — | 31 min | $34,750 |
| Kansas | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kansas: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Oaks’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 2024, 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 Twin Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Oaks?
$34,750 (±$31,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Oaks?
26.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Oaks?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Oaks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Siloam Springs (10%, 17 mi), Tulsa (7%, 60 mi), Gentry (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Twin Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Oaks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.