Work means Oklahoma City for about two in three of Valley Brook’s working residents
0% of workers work from home (Oklahoma 9%). Hardly any work in Valley Brook; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (64%, 5 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Valley Brook
More than half of Valley Brook works in Oklahoma City
159 working residents, 64%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 4.8 miles away. That’s far more as work in Valley Brook itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Valley Brook’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Oklahoma average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Few Valley Brook 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; with 248 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Valley Brook commutes to
Where Valley Brook clocks in
64% of workers
4% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Oklahoma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Brook workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 0% 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 daily flow of workers through Valley Brook
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Valley Brook on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
Factories, building and farms: 47% of the jobs in Valley Brook
100 jobs are based in Valley Brook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Brook, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 100. 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 Valley Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Valley Brook works
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.
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 Valley Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Brook?
$47,200 (±$11,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Brook?
23.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Brook?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Brook work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Valley Brook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valley Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley Brook
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.