Town · McClain County, Oklahoma

Goldsby, Oklahoma

Goldsby is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, part of the Oklahoma City, OK metro area. It has 3,085 residents. Goldsby, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 50 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,833 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #10 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), broadband subscriptions (high) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), drought exposure (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

50Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,833 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #10 of 237 in OK
Population: 3,085 (2020-2024)
Land area: 26 mi²
Density: 117.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4029850

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety43#8,880/15,637
Economy72#4,345/15,631
Housing80#3,041/14,977
Health55#7,033/15,609
Healthcare37#9,858/15,650
Environment15#13,133/15,453
Education56#6,941/15,649
Infrastructure84#2,459/15,650
Community43#8,945/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,809/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Goldsby, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “McClain 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 · low74 min
100/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMcClain County value
Broadband subscriptions · high98.1%
94/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Oklahoma 11.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMcClain County value
Job growth · high1.8%
87/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMcClain County value
Violent crime rate · low98 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMcClain County value
Rent as share of income · low19.3%
85/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMcClain County value
Drought exposure · high88%
7/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMcClain County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.4 /10k
8/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMcClain County value
Homicide rate · high9.0 /100k
10/100Oklahoma 6.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMcClain County value
Traffic deaths · high25.2 /100k
12/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMcClain County value
Firearm deaths · high21.2 /100k
13/100Oklahoma 17.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMcClain County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,100 (2015-2019) → 3,085 (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
29.2 /1k (2021) → 3.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−87%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
35.6% (2015-2019) → 48.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.2% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.9% (2015-2019) → 98.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$72,120 (2015-2019) → $103,333 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Goldsby, Oklahoma improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Bachelor's++13 points35.6% → 48.2%
Household income+43%$72,120 → $103,333
Broadband+11 points86.9% → 98.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Goldsby, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	28.1 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	86.9%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	17.5%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4132020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$72,1202015-2019	$103,3332020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Poverty rate	11.3%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.4%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%

“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 Goldsby, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Goldsby, 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, Goldsby, Oklahoma itself moved +2.3 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

3,085 residents (±23)

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

1,024 households (±129)

Goldsby, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k6.9%†71
$25k–50k15%†153
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,024 households (±129)

Goldsby, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own93%954
Rent6.8%†70

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,363 workers (±117)

Goldsby, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone78%1,065
Carpool8.5%†116
Public transit0.0%0

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 McClain County, the county holding most of Goldsby's residents.

McClain County has 958 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Oklahoma's), with 9,219 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,154. The Census Bureau also counts 4,524 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 958; 4,524 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 9,219
Average annual pay: $43,154; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	112	23.8	1.54×More than typical	570	$58,761	501
Restaurants and other eating places	74	15.7	0.86×About typical	1,121	$19,145	11
Ambulatory health care services	62	13.2	0.63×Fewer than typical	502	$43,076	172
Building equipment contractors	56	11.9	1.98×More than typical	285	$50,165	82
Lessors of real estate	48	10.2	0.83×About typical	104	$46,260	402
Religious organizations	41	8.7	1.57×More than typical	304	$15,865	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	39	8.3	2.51×More than typical	222	$49,568	46
Limited-service restaurants	36	7.6	0.95×About typical	697	$17,624	—
Construction of buildings	35	7.4	0.98×About typical	180	$62,011	172
Truck transportation	32	6.8	1.34×More than typical	184	$51,560	125
Full-service restaurants	29	6.2	0.80×About typical	399	$21,852	4
Gasoline stations	27	5.7	1.77×More than typical	235	$23,191	—

Rank places for an industry Open McClain County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,084 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 Goldsby, 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

8.9KFY2021
923.6FY2022
3.9KFY2025

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

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

See federal money in McClain 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.

Goldsby, 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.

McClain County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Oklahoma City, OK52

Other cities and towns in McClain 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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