Town · Caddo County, Oklahoma

Carnegie, Oklahoma

Carnegie is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma. It has 1,521 residents. Carnegie, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,599 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #189 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), home price to income ratio (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), life expectancy (low) and adult smoking (high).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,599 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #189 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,521 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,141.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4012050

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.

Safety13#13,527/15,637
Economy4#15,000/15,631
Housing99#100/14,977
Health2#15,310/15,609
Healthcare2#15,312/15,650
Environment22#12,063/15,453
Education22#12,238/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,317/15,650
Community21#12,399/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,736/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Carnegie, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Caddo 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 · low83 min
99/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCaddo County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
90/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCaddo County value
Average commute time · low17.2 min
89/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent-burdened households · low38.2%
88/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · high14.1 /10k
88/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaddo County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCaddo County value
Life expectancy · low70.1 yrs
3/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaddo County value
Adult smoking · high24.1%
3/100Oklahoma 18.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Voter turnout · low48.4%
3/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCaddo County value
Physical inactivity · high39.4%
3/100Oklahoma 32.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high148 /100k
4/100Oklahoma 107 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaddo County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,829 (2015-2019) → 1,521 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.4% (2015-2019) → 80.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
32.9% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.5% (2015-2019) → 38.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$29,178 (2015-2019) → $43,839 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
12.2% (2015-2019) → 5.0% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Carnegie, Oklahoma improved on 6 of 15 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.

Improved6

Unemployment−7.2 points12.2% → 5.0%
Poverty−11 points32.9% → 21.6%
Uninsured−7 points28.3% → 21.3%
Inequality−0.0730.489 → 0.417
Household income+50%$29,178 → $43,839

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Carnegie, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	17.2 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	68.4%2015-2019	80.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	71%
Child poverty rate	42.9%2015-2019	38.4%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	80.1%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4172020-2024	−0.073	Improved	91%
Median household income	$29,1782015-2019	$43,8392020-2024	+50%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	32.9%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	−11 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	29.8%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	49.5%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Unemployment rate	12.2%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	28.3%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	−7 points	Improved	92%

“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 Carnegie, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carnegie, 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, Carnegie, Oklahoma itself moved +11.2 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

1,521 residents (±201)

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 women (−4.8 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

1,521 residents (±201)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White43%661
Black2.6%†40
Hispanic or Latino29%†439
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native16%†250
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races8.6%†131

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+10.6 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

935 residents (±109)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma20%†186
High school or GED39%361
Some college22%210
Associate degree4.6%†43
Bachelor's degree9.3%†87
Graduate degree5.1%†48

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

593 households (±81)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k22%†131
$25k–50k32%†192
$50k–75k15%86
$75k–100k8.6%†51
$100k–150k17%†99
$150k–200k5.1%†30
$200k or more0.7%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−20.8 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 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

593 households (±81)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own67%396
Rent33%197

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

186 households (±57)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75075%†140
$750–1,00019%†36
$1,000–1,5003.8%†7

Home values

396 homes (±73)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k79%312
$150k–250k17%†66
$250k–400k3.5%†14

Age of homes

763 homes (±82)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later0.4%†3
2000–20092.2%†17
1980–199917%†127

Size of homes

763 homes (±82)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio1.6%†12
1 bedroom11%†83
2 bedrooms29%223

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

585 workers (±90)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone74%431
Carpool6.5%†38
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.9%†52
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10%†59
Other0.9%†5

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

526 workers (±86)

Carnegie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min65%341
15–29 min14%†75
30–44 min6.7%†35

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 Caddo County, the county holding most of Carnegie's residents.

Caddo County has 421 employer establishments, 160 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Oklahoma's), with 4,271 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,369. The Census Bureau also counts 1,585 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 421; 1,585 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 160; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 4,271
Average annual pay: $44,369; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	37	14.1	2.54×More than typical	105	$18,200	—
Restaurants and other eating places	30	11.4	0.62×Fewer than typical	307	$15,290	15
Specialty trade contractors	27	10.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	68	$49,471	156
Ambulatory health care services	21	8	0.38×Fewer than typical	116	$47,681	29
Gasoline stations	21	8	2.47×More than typical	155	$26,852	—
Limited-service restaurants	18	6.9	0.86×About typical	241	$15,842	—
Banks and credit unions	16	6.1	1.89×More than typical	137	$51,255	—
Building equipment contractors	16	6.1	1.01×About typical	42	$45,024	35
General merchandise stores	13	5	2.80×More than typical	234	$29,487	20
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	4.6	1.04×About typical	24	$38,292	25
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	3.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	30	$37,633	62
Full-service restaurants	10	3.8	0.50×Fewer than typical	59	$13,068	5

Rank places for an industry Open Caddo County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,242 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: Carnegie is mostly in Caddo County.

See federal money in Caddo 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.

Carnegie, 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.

Caddo County13100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Caddo 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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