City · Atoka County, Oklahoma

Atoka, Oklahoma

Atoka is a city in Atoka County, Oklahoma. It has 2,894 residents. Atoka, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,205 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #176 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), rent-burdened households (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), average weekly wage (low) and primary care physicians (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,205 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #176 of 237 in OK
Population: 2,894 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 351.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4003300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety25#11,803/15,637
Economy9#14,204/15,631
Housing91#1,306/14,977
Health4#14,985/15,609
Healthcare8#14,467/15,650
Environment8#14,225/15,453
Education58#6,644/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,048/15,650
Community13#13,690/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,606/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Atoka, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Atoka County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mental health providers · high1,110 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Rent-burdened households · low37.7%
87/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low122 min
86/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAtoka County value
Property crime rate · low561 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 1,814 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAtoka County value
Math scores · high3.33
86/100Oklahoma 2.91United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Reading scores · high3.27
85/100Oklahoma 2.94United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high7,728 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Average weekly wage · low$805
1/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAtoka County value
Primary care physicians · low14 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low28.6%
2/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Mammography screening · low32.0%
3/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtoka County value
Broadband subscriptions · low72.9%
4/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 3.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,081%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 37.7% (2020-2024)
−34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
33.8% (2015-2019) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 17.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,976 (2015-2019) → $44,087 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
34.8% (2015-2019) → 24.1% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Atoka, Oklahoma improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Rent burden−34 points71.5% → 37.7%
Poverty−12 points29.6% → 17.3%
Household income+58%$27,976 → $44,087
Bachelor's++8.2 points12.3% → 20.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Atoka, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.8 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	+6.2 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	74.8%2015-2019	72.9%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	82.8%2015-2019	79.0%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5232015-2019	0.4682020-2024	−0.055	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$27,9762015-2019	$44,0872020-2024	+58%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	29.6%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	34.8%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	71.5%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	−34 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Atoka, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Atoka, Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Atoka, Oklahoma itself moved +14.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,894 residents (±21)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,095 households (±119)

Atoka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k28%305
$25k–50k26%†283
$50k–75k22%†241

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,095 households (±119)

Atoka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own51%562
Rent49%533

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,125 workers (±130)

Atoka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone71%798
Carpool13%†144
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Atoka County, the county holding most of Atoka's residents.

Atoka County has 259 employer establishments, 179 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Oklahoma's), with 2,135 paid employees at an average annual pay of $32,680. The Census Bureau also counts 1,126 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 259; 1,126 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 179; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,135
Average annual pay: $32,680; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Atoka County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	22	15.2	0.83×About typical	465	$16,798	4
Specialty trade contractors	18	12.4	0.80×About typical	63	$34,619	149
Religious organizations	16	11	1.99×More than typical	37	$16,027	—
Ambulatory health care services	12	8.3	0.40×Fewer than typical	85	$40,788	41
Full-service restaurants	11	7.6	0.99×About typical	210	$20,795	—
Truck transportation	11	7.6	1.50×More than typical	75	$49,253	83
Gasoline stations	9	6.2	1.91×Too few to compare	128	$28,133	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	6.2	0.77×Too few to compare	234	$14,231	—
Building equipment contractors	8	5.5	0.92×Too few to compare	17	$41,471	37
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	5.5	1.26×Too few to compare	25	$54,120	11
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4.8	1.92×Too few to compare	42	$33,095	38
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	6	4.1	1.02×Too few to compare	22	$31,455	14

Rank places for an industry Open Atoka County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,508 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4,957 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Atoka, Oklahoma: $1.71 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,957; +1,263% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.71; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$4,59393%
Rural Housing Service$3647.3%

Top recipients

KMB TRUCKING, L.L.C.$4,59393%
ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING SPECIALIST, LLC$3647.3%

Spending by fiscal year

452.8FY2017
114.5FY2018
1.5KFY2019
124.1FY2020
126FY2021
8.9KFY2022
995.5FY2023
363.7FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing · 3279$4,59393%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$3647.3%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Atoka, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Atoka, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Atoka County, OK ($266.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Atoka is mostly in Atoka County.

See federal money in Atoka County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Atoka, Oklahoma is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Josh BrecheenR-OK-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Atoka County5100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Atoka County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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