City · Garfield County, Oklahoma

Enid, Oklahoma

Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, part of the Enid, OK metro area. It has 50,653 residents. Enid, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,021 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #100 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), rent as share of income (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), mental health care shortage (high) and voter turnout (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,021 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #100 of 237 in OK
Population: 50,653 (2020-2024)
Land area: 74 mi²
Density: 685.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4023950

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.

Safety12#13,731/15,637
Economy18#12,776/15,631
Housing85#2,269/14,977
Health15#13,199/15,609
Healthcare25#11,724/15,650
Environment13#13,372/15,453
Education24#11,841/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,069/15,650
Community26#11,565/15,651
Leisure & amenities59#6,470/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Enid, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Garfield 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 · low16.5 min
96/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent as share of income · low26.1%
88/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low43.9%
84/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · high13.4 /10k
84/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGarfield County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.8 /10k
82/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGarfield County value
Mental health providers · high461 /100k
82/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGarfield County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGarfield County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGarfield County value
Voter turnout · low50.3%
4/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionGarfield County value
Job growth · low-2.8%
7/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGarfield County value
Violent crime rate · high495 /100k
11/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGarfield County value
Adult obesity · high42.5%
11/100Oklahoma 40.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−91%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.6% (2015-2019) → 86.5% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 17.0% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$51,952 (2015-2019) → $62,125 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.3% (2015-2019) → 43.9% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Enid, Oklahoma improved on 3 of 14 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.

Improved3

Child poverty−4.7 points21.7% → 17.0%
Broadband+7.9 points78.6% → 86.5%
Household income+20%$51,952 → $62,125

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.1× → 2.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Enid, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.1 min2015-2019	16.5 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	78.6%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	21.7%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Improved	67%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	86.8%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$51,9522015-2019	$62,1252020-2024	+20%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	40.3%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Unemployment rate	4.9%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.1%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“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 Enid, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Enid, 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, Enid, Oklahoma itself moved −4.7 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

50,653 residents (±77)

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

19,745 households (±474)

Enid, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%3,468
$25k–50k22%4,340
$50k–75k21%4,059

Homes

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

Owners and renters

19,745 households (±474)

Enid, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own61%12,099
Rent39%7,646

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

23,246 workers (±643)

Enid, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone79%18,350
Carpool14%3,303
Public transit0.4%†96

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 Enid, 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 Garfield County, the county holding most of Enid's residents.

Garfield County has 1,532 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Oklahoma's), with 20,094 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,810. The Census Bureau also counts 4,578 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,532; 4,578 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 20,094
Average annual pay: $45,810; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	127	20.5	0.98×About typical	982	$49,973	168
Restaurants and other eating places	99	16	0.87×About typical	1,893	$18,258	23
Specialty trade contractors	92	14.8	0.96×About typical	730	$52,288	365
Religious organizations	61	9.8	1.77×More than typical	364	$18,720	—
Lessors of real estate	54	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	153	$36,301	448
Building equipment contractors	49	7.9	1.31×More than typical	452	$56,759	61
Limited-service restaurants	46	7.4	0.92×About typical	1,063	$16,606	7
Full-service restaurants	45	7.3	0.94×About typical	721	$20,926	8
Legal services	41	6.6	1.23×About typical	245	$67,531	30
Offices of other health practitioners	40	6.4	1.06×About typical	130	$41,462	86
Gasoline stations	38	6.1	1.89×More than typical	328	$27,817	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	37	6	0.88×About typical	197	$19,157	396

Rank places for an industry Open Garfield County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,060 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 $117.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Enid, Oklahoma: $2,326 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $117.8M; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,326; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$63.4M54%
ASRC FEDERAL GULF STATE CONSTRUCTORS LLC$51.9M44%
WALDROP CONSTRUCTION INC$1.1M0.9%
DISTINCTIVE HEALTH SPECTRUM CARE JV LLC$375K0.3%
TEXAS VELOCITY ENTERPRISES, LLC$351.2K0.3%

Spending by fiscal year

100MFY2017
109MFY2018
115.9MFY2019
120MFY2020
123MFY2021
212.2MFY2022
138.7MFY2023
161M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$63.4M54%
Facilities support services · 5612$51.7M44%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.1M0.9%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$485.8K0.4%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$375K0.3%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$261.1K0.2%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Enid, Oklahoma

FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUPPORT, 71ST FLYING TRAINING WING, VANCE AFB, OK$349.7M
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.· Garfield County, OK· Equipment maintenance· Aug 1, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· FA300221F0119
RE-ISSUE OF THE BOS CONTRACT AND FUNDING FOR 4 MONTHS OF OPTION YEAR 2$219.8M
ASRC FEDERAL GULF STATE CONSTRUCTORS LLC· Garfield County, OK· Facilities & utilities· Apr 6, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· FA302923C0001
VANCE AFB BASE OPERATION SUPPORT CONTRACT$174.2M
ASRC FEDERAL FIELD SERVICES, LLC· Garfield County, OK· Facilities & utilities· Feb 25, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· FA300221C0003
RENOVATE ENLISTED UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING B421 XTKF 26-1014

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

Enid, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Garfield County, OK ($119M in FY2026), never added to them: 99% of that total.

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

See federal money in Garfield 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.

Enid, 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.

Garfield County35100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Enid, OK32

Other cities and towns in Garfield 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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