Winchester has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 1% stay in Winchester for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (36%, 24 miles). 61 jobs are based in Winchester, and 255 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 33 minutes each way; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winchester, in a few figures
Winchester and Tulsa trade workers both ways
Tulsa is the top workplace for Winchester residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Winchester come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Winchester is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Winchester, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winchester has about 350 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Winchester workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Winchester goes to work
Where Winchester clocks in
36% of workers
8% 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.
Winchester quiets down on a workday
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Winchester on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Winchester, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winchester workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 15% 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.
Making and building: 84% of jobs based in Winchester
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 61. 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 Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winchester
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.
The towns around Winchester
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winchester workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | – | — | — | 33 min | $62,396 |
| Beggs | under 2% | D | C− | 35 min | $45,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winchester’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 Winchester: questions
What is the median household income in Winchester?
$62,396 (±$10,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winchester?
22.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winchester?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winchester work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (36%, 24 mi), Broken Arrow (8%, 21 mi), Bixby (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winchester without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winchester, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winchester
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.