Households in Warner have lower incomes than those in 81% of U.S. towns
Warner grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability. 19.8% of residents are in poverty, against 15.3% across Oklahoma. About one in ten stay in Warner for work; outside it, Muskogee is the main destination (19%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Warner, in a few figures
Warner and Muskogee trade workers both ways
Muskogee is the top workplace for Warner residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Warner come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Warner than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Warner fell from 639 in 2013 to 393 in 2023, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 493 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Warner’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Warner is better than 7% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Warner’s grade.
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Warner’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Warner could be anywhere from D− to D.
Commuting out of Warner: the destinations
Where Warner clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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.
How far it is to work from Warner
About 38% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Warner’s employers do
393 jobs are based in Warner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warner, 2013 → 2023: 639 → 393. 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 Warner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Warner: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
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 trip to work from Warner: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warner workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 697 commuters (the 5% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Warner
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warner is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Warner near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 730 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). 8.5% of Warner households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warner’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Warner comes 5,036th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 859 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,034 | Purvis MS | 1,969 | $46K | 22.8% | 1.8% | 12% | D |
| 5,035 | Orwell OH | 1,499 | $42K | 27.4% | 6.7% | 7% | D |
| 5,036 | Warner OK | 1,587 | $55K | 19.8% | 5.8% | 10% | D |
| 5,037 | Varnville SC | 1,626 | $56K | 14.4% | 14.5% | 8% | D |
| 5,038 | Roscoe TX | 1,208 | $56K | 19.6% | 5.2% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Warner, 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 Warner: questions
What is the median household income in Warner?
$55,479 (±$1,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warner?
19.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warner?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warner work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskogee (19%, 18 mi), Tulsa (11%, 55 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warner walkable?
Warner is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warner
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.