Eskridge Hotel · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wynnewood has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
For 1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. 22.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Oklahoma 15.3%). Jobs and income earn Wynnewood D−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wynnewood: the gist
Wynnewood makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Wynnewood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wynnewood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Wynnewood has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wynnewood went from 686 in 2014 to 981 in 2024, +43%. The jobs ↓
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 805 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wynnewood
On income, poverty and job access, Wynnewood is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Wynnewood’s grade up (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,156, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Wynnewood’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, Wynnewood could be anywhere from D− to D.
Wynnewood works in goods: 52% of its jobs
981 jobs are based in Wynnewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wynnewood, 2014 → 2024: 686 → 981. 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 Wynnewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wynnewood by day and by night
On a workday 617 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 793 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 (1.22 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.
14% of working residents work in Pauls Valley
Where Wynnewood clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Wynnewood: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wynnewood workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 735 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far it is to work from Wynnewood
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Wynnewood gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wynnewood is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wynnewood 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 741 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). 5.7% of Wynnewood households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wynnewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Wynnewood sits among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 904 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,187 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,188 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,836 | Harpersfield NY | 1,419 | $52K | 18.5% | 5.1% | 12% | D− |
| 4,837 | Sardis MS | 1,670 | $32K | 40.7% | 16.3% | 3% | D− |
| 4,838 | Wynnewood OK | 1,957 | $40K | 22.1% | 1.6% | 23% | D− |
| 4,839 | St. George SC | 1,868 | $33K | 28.4% | 0.6% | 17% | D− |
| 4,840 | Gate City VA | 2,000 | $43K | 16.7% | 1.3% | 16% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Wynnewood, 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 Wynnewood: questions
What is the median household income in Wynnewood?
$40,156 (±$5,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wynnewood?
22.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wynnewood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wynnewood work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pauls Valley (14%, 6 mi), Ardmore (5%, 31 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wynnewood walkable?
Wynnewood is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wynnewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wynnewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wynnewood
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.