Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Households in Wewoka earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
28.5% of residents live below the poverty line (Oklahoma 15.3%). The two grades for Wewoka are D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in four stay in Wewoka for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (11%, 62 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wewoka: the gist
Wewoka’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wewoka is Oklahoma City, 62 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (127) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wewoka trades workers with the towns around it
Wewoka has about as many jobs (1,302) as working residents (1,136), but they are mostly different people: 828 residents leave for work each day while 994 people come in. Only 24% of the jobs in Wewoka are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Wewoka workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Wewoka’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Wewoka workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Wewoka’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wewoka is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #126 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Wewoka’s grade up (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($37,986, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wewoka could be anywhere from D− to D.
How many miles Wewoka commutes
About 36% 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.
How a workday changes Wewoka
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 308 work right here, and 994 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 (1.15 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wewoka
1,302 jobs are based in Wewoka.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wewoka, 2013 → 2023: 1,513 → 1,302. 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 Wewoka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wewoka: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wewoka workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 849 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.
Where Wewoka goes to work
Where Wewoka clocks in
11% 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.
In Wewoka, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wewoka is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #15 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Wewoka 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 957 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). 8.4% of Wewoka households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wewoka’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wewoka and other U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 982 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,321 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,669 | Louisiana MO | 3,208 | $39K | 31.7% | 8.6% | 24% | D− |
| 4,670 | Hobart OK | 3,257 | $33K | 30.1% | 7.0% | 37% | D− |
| 4,671 | Wewoka OK | 3,046 | $38K | 28.5% | 11.2% | 27% | D− |
| 4,672 | Hinton WV | 2,149 | $38K | 35.0% | 3.9% | 18% | D− |
| 4,673 | Big Creek Township MI | 2,739 | $48K | 18.3% | 13.3% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wewoka, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Wewoka and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Dixon (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wewoka workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wewoka | – | D− | A− | 28 min | $37,986 |
| Dixon | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dixon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wewoka’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 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 Wewoka: questions
What is the median household income in Wewoka?
$37,986 (±$10,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wewoka?
28.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wewoka?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wewoka work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (11%, 62 mi), Seminole (8%, 11 mi), Holdenville (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wewoka walkable?
Wewoka is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wewoka 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 Wewoka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wewoka
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.