Photo: Kristi Ellis · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Oklahoma City for more than half of Yukon’s working residents
8,298 jobs are based in Yukon for 11,047 working residents. Yukon grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Yukon run about the Oklahoma average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Yukon
More than half of Yukon works in Oklahoma City
6,322 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 15 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Yukon itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Yukon are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Yukon’s own working residents. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Yukon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Yukon is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #15 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Yukon’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($75,273, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yukon could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The places Yukon commutes to
Where Yukon clocks in
57% of workers
2% 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 kinds of work in Yukon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yukon, 2013 → 2023: 6,726 → 8,298. 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 Yukon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Yukon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,957 residents head out to work, 1,090 work right here, and 7,208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Yukon on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Yukon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yukon workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,841 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Yukon
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 commute in Yukon is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yukon is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #93 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,839 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). 4.3% of Yukon households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Yukon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000, Yukon ranks 771st of 1,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 304 | Jenks OK | 28,175 | $111K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
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| 437 | Bixby OK | 32,766 | $104K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 10% | A− |
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| 769 | Fairland MD | 26,231 | $99K | 10.4% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 770 | Franklin Township IN | 22,301 | $83K | 9.5% | 3.9% | 21% | B+ |
| 771 | Yukon OK | 27,615 | $75K | 8.8% | 4.0% | 10% | B+ |
| 772 | Lemon Grove CA | 27,936 | $88K | 9.2% | 5.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 773 | Perry Township OH | 28,259 | $69K | 10.1% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
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| 811 | Mustang OK | 24,571 | $88K | 8.0% | 5.7% | 9% | B |
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| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Yukon, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
57% of Yukon works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yukon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | – | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $75,273 |
| Oklahoma City | 57% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oklahoma City. Darker towns draw more of Yukon’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 Yukon: questions
What is the median household income in Yukon?
$75,273 (±$6,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yukon?
8.8%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yukon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yukon work?
10% work in town.
Is Yukon walkable?
Yukon is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yukon without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yukon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yukon
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.