Wetumka Armory · Photo: TulGuy · CC BY-SA 4.0Wetumka’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
33.9% of residents live below the poverty line (Oklahoma 15.3%). Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. For jobs and income Wetumka is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wetumka at work: what stands out
Wetumka’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wetumka is Oklahoma City, 74 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
47% 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 ↓
Wetumka workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wetumka
On income, poverty and job access, Wetumka is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wetumka’s grade.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Wetumka’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wetumka stays D−.
Half of Wetumka commutes less than 41 miles
About 47% 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.
Wetumka’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wetumka workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 11% 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.
Wetumka on a workday afternoon
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 356 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 (1.05 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.
11% of working residents work in Oklahoma City
Where Wetumka clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wetumka
432 jobs are based in Wetumka.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wetumka, 2014 → 2024: 477 → 432. 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 Wetumka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Wetumka, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 412 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). 10.8% of Wetumka households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wetumka’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wetumka and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 856 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,140 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,744 | Fort Washakie WY | 1,219 | $37K | 32.3% | 19.3% | 28% | D− |
| 3,745 | Richland GA | 1,394 | $25K | 35.9% | 9.4% | 14% | D− |
| 3,746 | Wetumka OK | 1,133 | $27K | 33.9% | 5.5% | 18% | D− |
| 3,747 | Bombay NY | 1,252 | $30K | 29.5% | 12.6% | 4% | D− |
| 3,748 | Rarden Township OH | 1,024 | $37K | 34.5% | 11.3% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Wetumka, 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 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 Wetumka: questions
What is the median household income in Wetumka?
$27,058 (±$10,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wetumka?
33.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wetumka?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wetumka work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (11%, 74 mi), Tulsa (10%, 64 mi), Holdenville (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wetumka walkable?
Wetumka is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wetumka 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 Wetumka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wetumka
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.