City · Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Beggs, Oklahoma

Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, part of the Tulsa, OK metro area. It has 1,024 residents. Beggs, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,679 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #196 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), unemployment rate (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on life expectancy (low), premature death (high) and food environment index (low).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,679 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #196 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,024 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 244.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4005000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety10#14,039/15,637
Economy15#13,220/15,631
Housing98#369/14,977
Health3#15,134/15,609
Healthcare22#12,155/15,650
Environment9#14,094/15,453
Education8#14,445/15,649
Infrastructure17#12,951/15,650
Community18#12,807/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#14,956/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low110 min
92/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOkmulgee County value
Unemployment rate · low1.5%
88/100Oklahoma 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Preventable hospital stays · low1,952 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkmulgee County value
Rent-burdened households · low38.3%
85/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
84/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low27.8%
80/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Life expectancy · low69.5 yrs
2/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkmulgee County value
Premature death · high15,767 /100k
3/100Oklahoma 10,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkmulgee County value
Food environment index · low5.9
3/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkmulgee County value
Poverty rate · high31.1%
4/100Oklahoma 14.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Voter turnout · low51.4%
5/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOkmulgee County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Oklahoma 11.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationOkmulgee County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,562 (2015-2019) → 1,024 (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.2% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
13.7% (2015-2019) → 1.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.5% (2015-2019) → 12.9% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
21.2% (2015-2019) → 31.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 85.8% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Beggs, 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

Uninsured−12 points24.5% → 12.9%
Broadband+19 points64.2% → 82.8%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0810.358 → 0.439

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Beggs, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	34.6 min2020-2024	+9.6 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Broadband subscriptions	64.2%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	29.0%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	76.8%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3582015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.081	Declined	7%
Median household income	$41,5832015-2019	$45,9092020-2024	+10%	Within the margin of error	17%
Poverty rate	21.2%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	47.1%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.5%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	97%

“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 Beggs, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beggs, 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, Beggs, Oklahoma itself moved −5.6 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

1,024 residents (±172)

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

378 households (±61)

Beggs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k35%†131
$25k–50k18%†68
$50k–75k19%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

378 households (±61)

Beggs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own69%261
Rent31%†117

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

388 workers (±103)

Beggs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone75%290
Carpool17%†67
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tulsa, OK

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 Okmulgee County, the county holding most of Beggs's residents.

Okmulgee County has 641 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Oklahoma's), with 6,636 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,303. The Census Bureau also counts 2,526 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 641; 2,526 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 6,636
Average annual pay: $42,303; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	61	16.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	471	$59,554	72
Restaurants and other eating places	49	13.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	866	$16,443	10
Religious organizations	40	10.8	1.95×More than typical	133	$16,436	—
Specialty trade contractors	35	9.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	114	$52,175	277
Limited-service restaurants	25	6.8	0.84×About typical	556	$16,919	4
Building equipment contractors	23	6.2	1.03×About typical	53	$57,113	73
Offices of physicians	21	5.7	0.88×About typical	131	$82,115	6
Full-service restaurants	20	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	292	$15,877	3
Gasoline stations	20	5.4	1.67×More than typical	166	$23,572	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	4.9	0.97×About typical	103	$17,330	49
Offices of other health practitioners	17	4.6	0.76×Fewer than typical	94	$40,553	32
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	16	4.3	1.06×About typical	48	$32,125	33

Rank places for an industry Open Okmulgee County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,994 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 -$406 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Beggs, Oklahoma: -$0.40 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$406; −108% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.40; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

LYDAY CONSTRUCTION LLC$00.0%
CHRIS G HOWARD-$4060.0%

Spending by fiscal year

95.1FY2017
4.2KFY2018
1.1KFY2019
769.9FY2020
582.8FY2021
1.8KFY2022
927.2FY2023
-478.6FY2024

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 Beggs, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Beggs, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Okmulgee County, OK ($1.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Okmulgee 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.

Beggs, 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.

Okmulgee County8100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tulsa, OK42

Other cities and towns in Okmulgee 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
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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