Scores by category

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

Safety5#14,887/15,637
Economy83#2,620/15,631
Housing99#156/14,977
Health34#10,335/15,609
Healthcare88#1,917/15,650
Environment3#14,908/15,453
Education17#12,950/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,765/15,650
Community45#8,546/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,709/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Choctaw, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oklahoma 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 · high725 /100k
97/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOklahoma County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Oklahoma 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOklahoma County value
Rent-burdened households · low24.0%
96/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low21.7%
94/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Dentists · high112 /100k
94/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOklahoma County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.365
92/100Oklahoma 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high99%
2/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAOklahoma County value
Voter turnout · low52.6%
7/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOklahoma County value
Property crime rate · high2,318 /100k
7/100Oklahoma 1,814 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOklahoma County value
Violent crime rate · high554 /100k
7/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOklahoma County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.2 µg/m³
8/100Oklahoma 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOklahoma County value
Homicide rate · high8.9 /100k
11/100Oklahoma 6.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataOklahoma County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
3.8 /1k (2021) → 7.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+93%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
41.4% (2015-2019) → 24.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$77,917 (2015-2019) → $100,574 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 94.4% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.8% (2015-2019) → 21.7% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.5% (2015-2019) → 6.5% (2020-2024)
+2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Choctaw, Oklahoma improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−17 points41.4% → 24.0%
Household income+29%$77,917 → $100,574
Broadband+4.9 points89.5% → 94.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Choctaw, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	26.0 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	31%
Child poverty rate	4.5%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	93.4%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.3652020-2024	−0.029	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$77,9172015-2019	$100,5742020-2024	+29%	Improved	53%
Poverty rate	5.4%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent as share of income	25.8%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	41.4%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%

“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 Choctaw, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Choctaw, 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, Choctaw, Oklahoma itself moved +4.5 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

12,303 residents (±35)

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: 60–69 women (−1.9 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

12,303 residents (±35)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White80%9,784
Black0.9%†114
Hispanic or Latino7.4%†911
Asian2.0%†247
American Indian and Alaska Native2.3%†281
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†5
Other or two or more races7.8%961

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−2.3 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

8,185 residents (±402)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma7.9%648
High school or GED31%2,558
Some college22%1,839
Associate degree9.8%801
Bachelor's degree17%1,417
Graduate degree11%922

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

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

4,266 households (±238)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k6.2%†264
$25k–50k12%525
$50k–75k13%534
$75k–100k19%793
$100k–150k22%932
$150k–200k13%553
$200k or more16%665

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−8.9 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

4,266 households (±238)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own88%3,733
Rent12%533

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

471 households (±137)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75013%†59
$750–1,00010.0%†47
$1,000–1,50045%†214

Home values

3,733 homes (±272)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k17%640
$150k–250k36%1,333
$250k–400k30%1,103

Age of homes

4,579 homes (±252)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later13%585
2000–200918%831
1980–199923%1,075

Size of homes

4,579 homes (±252)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.4%†18
1 bedroom1.7%†80
2 bedrooms7.9%†362

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

5,515 workers (±413)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone82%4,513
Carpool5.3%†295
Public transit1.1%†60
Walk0.4%†21
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.0%†443
Other3.3%†183

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−7.9 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,072 workers (±396)

Choctaw, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min23%1,176
15–29 min32%1,637
30–44 min35%1,764

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

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 Oklahoma City, 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 Oklahoma County, the county holding most of Choctaw's residents.

Oklahoma County has 24,877 employer establishments, 307 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.29× Oklahoma's), with 407,951 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,101. The Census Bureau also counts 78,007 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 24,877; 78,007 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 307; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 407,951
Average annual pay: $59,101; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,574	31.7	1.52×More than typical	25,884	$73,417	3,700
Restaurants and other eating places	1,823	22.5	1.22×About typical	38,736	$20,769	390
Specialty trade contractors	1,305	16.1	1.04×About typical	14,242	$64,013	5,548
Lessors of real estate	1,245	15.3	1.25×About typical	4,680	$50,180	8,637
Legal services	966	11.9	2.21×More than typical	4,486	$99,282	1,010
Offices of physicians	945	11.7	1.80×More than typical	8,804	$109,903	858
Full-service restaurants	806	9.9	1.29×More than typical	18,630	$23,389	145
Limited-service restaurants	777	9.6	1.19×About typical	17,049	$18,382	172
Offices of other health practitioners	667	8.2	1.35×More than typical	3,265	$44,341	1,609
Insurance agencies and brokerages	628	7.7	1.76×More than typical	3,038	$76,667	1,249
Management, scientific and technical consulting	607	7.5	1.12×About typical	4,382	$87,183	2,426
Building equipment contractors	573	7.1	1.17×About typical	7,688	$65,704	842

Rank places for an industry Open Oklahoma County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 811,153 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Choctaw, Oklahoma: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; 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

Spending by fiscal year

58.2KFY2017
97.2KFY2018
62.1KFY2019
109KFY2020
59.8KFY2021
4.1KFY2022
80.7KFY2023
45.4KFY2024
116.6KFY2025

What was bought

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

Choctaw, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Oklahoma County, OK ($2.9B 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: Choctaw is mostly in Oklahoma County.

See federal money in Oklahoma 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.

Choctaw, Oklahoma is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).