Photo: TheWhitePelican · CC BY 3.0Vinita’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
21.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. The two grades for Vinita are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in three stay in Vinita for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (11%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vinita and work: the main findings
Vinita’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vinita is Tulsa, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (228) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Vinita are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Vinita’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vinita is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #112 of 131 in Oklahoma. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Vinita’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vinita could be anywhere from D− to C.
How far it is to work from Vinita
About 34% 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.
From Vinita, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vinita workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,873 commuters (the 8% 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.
Vinita fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,418 residents head out to work, 619 work right here, and 2,405 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Vinita on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Vinita ends
Where Vinita clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Vinita: 3,024 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vinita, 2014 → 2024: 3,747 → 3,024. 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 Vinita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Vinita walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vinita is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #109 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,025 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). 10.4% of Vinita households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vinita’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300, and where Vinita sits
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 736 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,438 | Harrah OK | 7,212 | $84K | 10.8% | 3.3% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,367 | Kosciusko MS | 6,722 | $40K | 25.7% | 5.5% | 27% | D |
| 3,368 | Hamlet NC | 5,870 | $42K | 21.6% | 8.7% | 10% | D |
| 3,369 | Vinita OK | 5,424 | $47K | 21.8% | 6.8% | 30% | D |
| 3,370 | Smithville TN | 5,620 | $33K | 33.4% | 7.4% | 23% | D |
| 3,371 | Richland Township IN | 3,874 | $50K | 24.5% | 9.1% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Vinita, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Next door to Vinita
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vinita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinita | – | D | C | 15 min | $47,025 |
| White Oak | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Oak: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vinita’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 Vinita: questions
What is the median household income in Vinita?
$47,025 (±$6,397) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vinita?
21.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vinita?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vinita work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (11%, 59 mi), Claremore (4%, 38 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 159 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Vinita walkable?
Vinita is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vinita without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vinita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vinita
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. 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.