City · Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Boise City, Oklahoma

Boise City is a city in Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It has 1,125 residents. Boise City, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,003 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #49 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), grocery stores (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), access to exercise opportunities (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,003 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #49 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,125 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 762.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 4007300

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.

Safety72#4,437/15,637
Economy25#11,710/15,631
Housing86#2,118/14,977
Health43#8,954/15,609
Healthcare8#14,381/15,650
Environment59#6,384/15,453
Education16#13,101/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,970/15,650
Community34#10,373/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,339/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low5.5 min
100/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Grocery stores · high9.7 /10k
100/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCimarron County value
Social associations · high32.0 /10k
100/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCimarron County value
Pharmacies · high4.9 /10k
100/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCimarron County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCimarron County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 17.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCimarron County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high126.5 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCimarron County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low0.2%
0/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCimarron County value
Flu vaccinations · low12.0%
0/100Oklahoma 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCimarron County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCimarron County value
Mammography screening · low23.0%
0/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCimarron County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCimarron County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
11.6% (2015-2019) → 52.6% (2020-2024)
+41 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.4% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
31.6% (2015-2019) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
16.9% (2015-2019) → 41.3% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
21.0% (2015-2019) → 10.4% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
20.6% (2015-2019) → 11.7% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Boise City, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved2

Broadband+29 points55.4% → 84.4%
Commute−4.3 min9.9 min → 5.5 min

Declined1

Bachelor's+−9 points20.6% → 11.7%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Boise City, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.9 min2015-2019	5.5 min2020-2024	−4.3 min	Improved	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−9 points	Declined	2%
Broadband subscriptions	55.4%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+29 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.46%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	80.9%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4972015-2019	0.4172020-2024	−0.079	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$42,6792015-2019	$43,3932020-2024	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	16.9%2015-2019	41.3%2020-2024	+24 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.7%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“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 Boise City, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Boise City, 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, Boise City, Oklahoma itself moved −8.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,125 residents (±192)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+7.7 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,125 residents (±192)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White50%558
Black0.1%†1
Hispanic or Latino42%478

Education

677 residents (±135)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma13%†90
High school or GED53%†361
Some college20%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

339 households (±97)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k31%†105
$25k–50k26%†88
$50k–75k22%†73
$75k–100k5.6%†19
$100k–150k11%†36
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more5.3%†18

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

339 households (±97)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own65%†220
Rent35%†119

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−18.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

57 households (±39)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75065%†37
$750–1,00025%†14
$1,000–1,50011%†6

Home values

220 homes (±75)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k90%†197
$150k–250k10%†22
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

634 homes (±64)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later3.9%†25
2000–20091.4%†9
1980–199915%†94

Size of homes

634 homes (±64)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.9%†6
1 bedroom7.3%†46
2 bedrooms37%†234

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

542 workers (±155)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone88%†475
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.3%†34
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.5%†19
Other2.6%†14

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

523 workers (±156)

Boise City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min96%†501
15–29 min0.2%†1
30–44 min2.3%†12

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Cimarron County, the county holding most of Boise City's residents.

Cimarron County has 64 employer establishments, 293 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.23× Oklahoma's), with 303 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,776. The Census Bureau also counts 200 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 64; 200 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 293; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 303
Average annual pay: $34,776; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	7	32.1	5.78×Too few to compare	15	$12,933	—
Building equipment contractors	4	18.3	3.04×Too few to compare	7	$28,286	3
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	4	18.3	5.55×Too few to compare	7	$28,286	3
Specialty trade contractors	4	18.3	1.18×Too few to compare	7	$28,286	13
Truck transportation	4	18.3	3.62×Too few to compare	6	$35,000	17
Banks and credit unions	3	13.7	4.25×Too few to compare	18	$65,222	—
Full-service restaurants	3	13.7	1.79×Too few to compare	6	$17,833	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	13.7	0.75×Too few to compare	6	$17,833	—
Traveler accommodation	3	13.7	7.61×Too few to compare	13	$14,846	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5

Rank places for an industry Open Cimarron County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,184 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: Boise City is mostly in Cimarron County.

See federal money in Cimarron 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.

Boise City, 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.

Cimarron County34100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Cimarron 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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