City · Stephens County, Oklahoma

Comanche, Oklahoma

Comanche is a city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, part of the Duncan, OK metro area. It has 1,545 residents. Comanche, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 13 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,588 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #132 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), home price to income ratio (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), primary care shortage (high) and flu vaccinations (low).

13Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,588 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #132 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,545 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 304.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4016450

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety24#11,836/15,637
Economy11#13,959/15,631
Housing77#3,374/14,977
Health12#13,688/15,609
Healthcare7#14,488/15,650
Environment31#10,623/15,453
Education17#12,992/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,186/15,650
Community37#9,845/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,147/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high15.7 /10k
93/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStephens County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Effective property tax rate · low0.47%
90/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · low23.0 min
78/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · high2.0 /10k
74/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStephens County value
Comfortable days · high28.6%
72/100Oklahoma 26.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationStephens County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationStephens County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Oklahoma 11.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationStephens County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Oklahoma 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStephens County value
Child poverty rate · high46.6%
6/100Oklahoma 18.7%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Median household income · low$41,016
7/100Oklahoma $66,124United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Bachelor's degree or higher · low10.5%
8/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,702 (2015-2019) → 1,545 (2020-2024)
−9.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
23.5% (2015-2019) → 46.6% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.6% (2015-2019) → 63.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.1% (2015-2019) → 82.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.0% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
29.2% (2015-2019) → 37.1% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Comanche, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved2

Uninsured−9.2 points21.0% → 11.8%
Broadband+14 points68.1% → 82.1%

Declined1

Child poverty+23 points23.5% → 46.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Comanche, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.9 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	+4.1 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	68.1%2015-2019	82.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	23.5%2015-2019	46.6%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.47%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4862015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.037	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$36,1902015-2019	$41,0162020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	19.6%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	37.1%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	63.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.0%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Improved	95%

“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 Comanche, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Comanche, 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, Comanche, Oklahoma itself moved −5.2 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

1,545 residents (±245)

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: 70–79 men (+11.9 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

1,545 residents (±245)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White86%1,333
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino6.3%†97

Education

1,122 residents (±169)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma6.3%†71
High school or GED58%654
Some college19%†218

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

633 households (±98)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k33%†206
$25k–50k24%149
$50k–75k15%†92
$75k–100k11%†71
$100k–150k12%†78
$150k–200k5.2%†33
$200k or more0.6%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.1 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

633 households (±98)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own62%395
Rent38%238

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

209 households (±69)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75056%†118
$750–1,00027%†57
$1,000–1,50016%†34

Home values

395 homes (±85)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k83%326
$150k–250k8.9%†35
$250k–400k4.8%†19

Age of homes

832 homes (±102)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later4.0%†33
2000–20093.8%†32
1980–199919%†159

Size of homes

832 homes (±102)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio1.2%†10
1 bedroom9.1%†76
2 bedrooms31%†261

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

491 workers (±98)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone84%411
Carpool8.4%†41
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.3%†26
Other0.2%†1

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

465 workers (±95)

Comanche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min29%†133
15–29 min49%230
30–44 min4.1%†19

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 Duncan, 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 Stephens County, the county holding most of Comanche's residents.

Stephens County has 1,080 employer establishments, 245 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Oklahoma's), with 12,439 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,736. The Census Bureau also counts 3,382 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,080; 3,382 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 245; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 12,439
Average annual pay: $45,736; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	89	20.2	0.97×About typical	714	$69,570	94
Specialty trade contractors	67	15.2	0.98×About typical	470	$58,070	332
Restaurants and other eating places	63	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,043	$19,612	15
Religious organizations	50	11.3	2.04×More than typical	331	$18,278	—
Building equipment contractors	37	8.4	1.39×More than typical	349	$62,261	48
Truck transportation	34	7.7	1.52×More than typical	395	$53,172	108
Offices of physicians	33	7.5	1.15×About typical	268	$100,067	18
Full-service restaurants	31	7	0.91×About typical	506	$20,119	—
Gasoline stations	28	6.3	1.96×More than typical	291	$21,289	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	28	6.3	0.95×About typical	66	$40,864	72
Limited-service restaurants	27	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	501	$19,253	5
Banks and credit unions	23	5.2	1.61×More than typical	350	$56,263	—

Rank places for an industry Open Stephens County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,134 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: Comanche is mostly in Stephens County.

See federal money in Stephens 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.

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

House

Tom ColeR-OK-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 1.2%

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.

Stephens County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Duncan, OK23

Other cities and towns in Stephens 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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