Town · Beaver County, Oklahoma

Beaver, Oklahoma

Beaver is a town in Beaver County, Oklahoma. It has 1,586 residents. Beaver, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,857 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #44 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), firearm deaths (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), mammography screening (low) and pharmacies (low).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,857 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #44 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,586 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,381.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4004750

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety55#7,047/15,637
Economy29#11,062/15,631
Housing72#4,190/14,977
Health42#9,071/15,609
Healthcare5#14,874/15,650
Environment42#9,005/15,453
Education39#9,585/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,807/15,650
Community40#9,435/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,886/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Beaver, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Beaver 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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBeaver County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 17.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBeaver County value
Social associations · high21.9 /10k
99/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 19.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBeaver County value
Average commute time · low13.9 min
96/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Oklahoma 6.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBeaver County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high96.1 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBeaver County value
Mammography screening · low27.0%
1/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBeaver County value
Distance to an airport · high185 mi
1/100Oklahoma 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBeaver County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low29.0%
2/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Natural hazard risk · high96.6
3/100Oklahoma 48.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyBeaver County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,461 (2015-2019) → 1,586 (2020-2024)
+8.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.7 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.9% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.9% (2015-2019) → 87.4% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.4% (2015-2019) → 48.0% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Beaver, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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.

Improved2

Broadband+18 points74.9% → 92.8%
Household income+31%$42,917 → $56,078

Declined1

Price / income+1.1×1.6× → 2.7×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Beaver, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.5 min2015-2019	13.9 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Broadband subscriptions	74.9%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	86%
Child poverty rate	17.1%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	76.9%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3802015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.039	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$42,9172015-2019	$56,0782020-2024	+31%	Improved	57%
Poverty rate	14.4%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	41.4%2015-2019	48.0%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	70%

“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 Beaver, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beaver, 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, Beaver, Oklahoma itself moved −4.7 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

1,586 residents (±236)

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

525 households (±97)

Beaver, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k11%†58
$25k–50k28%†148
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

525 households (±97)

Beaver, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own65%342
Rent35%†183

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

698 workers (±117)

Beaver, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone79%551
Carpool7.9%†55
Public transit0.3%†2

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 Beaver County, the county holding most of Beaver's residents.

Beaver County has 137 employer establishments, 274 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 1.15× Oklahoma's), with 1,038 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,584. The Census Bureau also counts 480 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 137; 480 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 274; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 1,038
Average annual pay: $59,584; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	11	22	3.96×More than typical	23	$17,261	—
Truck transportation	10	20	3.95×More than typical	42	$42,548	45
Specialty trade contractors	9	18	1.16×Too few to compare	282	$83,174	29
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	12	2.38×Too few to compare	34	$41,353	17
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	10	2.27×Too few to compare	15	$38,733	15
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	4	8	1.96×Too few to compare	10	$32,900	7
Building equipment contractors	4	8	1.33×Too few to compare	16	$67,625	6
Gasoline stations	4	8	2.47×Too few to compare	30	$20,333	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	4	8	6.97×Too few to compare	30	$60,100	—
Other specialty trade contractors	4	8	3.18×Too few to compare	264	$84,428	15
Ambulatory health care services	3	6	0.29×Too few to compare	11	$29,455	7
Architectural, engineering and related services	3	6	1.72×Too few to compare	13	$65,769	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,005 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Beaver 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.

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

House

Frank D. LucasR-OK-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

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.

Beaver County38100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Beaver 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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