Scores by category

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

Safety8#14,460/15,637
Economy10#14,090/15,631
Housing83#2,588/14,977
Health2#15,371/15,609
Healthcare7#14,591/15,650
Environment18#12,670/15,453
Education43#8,998/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,119/15,650
Community3#15,149/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,742/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent-burdened households · low28.1%
94/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low25.2%
91/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · low124 min
85/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSequoyah County value
Average commute time · low20.8 min
83/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Reading scores · high3.14
68/100Oklahoma 2.94United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSequoyah County value
Job growth · high0.5%
67/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSequoyah County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$776
0/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSequoyah County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 7.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSequoyah County value
Adult obesity · high47.2%
2/100Oklahoma 40.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · low70.2 yrs
3/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSequoyah County value
Adult smoking · high24.1%
3/100Oklahoma 18.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high19.0
3/100Oklahoma 11.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSequoyah County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
958 (2015-2019) → 1,114 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
1.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
37.7% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.3× (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$42,961 (2015-2019) → $63,036 (2020-2024)
+47%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, Gore, Oklahoma improved on 1 of 12 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.

Improved1

Broadband+19 points69.4% → 88.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Gore, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	69.4%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.103	Within the margin of error	96%
Median household income	$42,9612015-2019	$63,0362020-2024	+47%	Within the margin of error	82%
Poverty rate	22.7%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.4%2015-2019	25.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	31.3%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.3%2015-2019	22.9%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%

“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 Gore, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gore, 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, Gore, Oklahoma itself moved +6 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

1,114 residents (±198)

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 (−3.9 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

1,114 residents (±198)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White63%706
Black2.0%†22
Hispanic or Latino1.8%†20

Education

828 residents (±174)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma13%†104
High school or GED47%†390
Some college11%†

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

469 households (±114)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k17%†80
$25k–50k25%†117
$50k–75k14%†67
$75k–100k28%†133
$100k–150k9.6%†45
$150k–200k2.6%†12
$200k or more3.2%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.4 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

469 households (±114)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own67%†312
Rent33%157

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

153 households (±32)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75056%†86
$750–1,00026%†40
$1,000–1,50013%†20

Home values

312 homes (±113)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k34%†107
$150k–250k24%†75
$250k–400k31%†98

Age of homes

547 homes (±112)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later2.6%†14
2000–200912%†63
1980–199953%†288

Size of homes

547 homes (±112)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio1.1%†6
1 bedroom11%†61
2 bedrooms21%114

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

377 workers (±81)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone69%261
Carpool16%†60
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.3%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.5%†32
Other1.1%†4

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

345 workers (±76)

Gore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min43%†148
15–29 min22%†75
30–44 min26%†88

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 Fort Smith, AR-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 Sequoyah County, the county holding most of Gore's residents.

Sequoyah County has 595 employer establishments, 148 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.62× Oklahoma's), with 6,984 paid employees at an average annual pay of $33,408. The Census Bureau also counts 3,377 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 595; 3,377 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 148; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 6,984
Average annual pay: $33,408; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	52	13	0.71×Fewer than typical	789	$17,127	13
Ambulatory health care services	48	12	0.57×Fewer than typical	566	$47,901	128
Specialty trade contractors	39	9.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	159	$43,352	522
Gasoline stations	27	6.7	2.08×More than typical	274	$22,423	—
Limited-service restaurants	26	6.5	0.81×About typical	562	$16,961	6
Full-service restaurants	25	6.2	0.81×About typical	227	$17,520	5
Religious organizations	25	6.2	1.12×About typical	75	$22,413	—
Building equipment contractors	23	5.7	0.95×About typical	102	$48,000	75
Lessors of real estate	20	5	0.40×Fewer than typical	45	$32,711	226
General merchandise stores	17	4.2	2.40×More than typical	383	$28,501	22
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	17	4.2	1.28×More than typical	84	$46,833	39
Offices of other health practitioners	14	3.5	0.57×Fewer than typical	50	$42,420	59

Rank places for an industry Open Sequoyah County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,126 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 -$44.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Gore, Oklahoma: -$39.91 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$44.5K; −169% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$39.91; 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

Department of Energy$1,3280.0%

Top recipients

AMS INDUSTRIAL LLC$7,7350.0%
CURTIS HINKLE$7,1730.0%
SOURCEONE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$7320.0%
LEGG LAWN & LANDSCAPE$5960.0%
TRANSCO INDUSTRIES, INC.$5580.0%
THOMAS MYLES$5170.0%
JAMES PRESTON DAVIS, JR$3980.0%
KIMBERLY MCCONNELL$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

80.3KFY2017
35.4KFY2018
364.6KFY2019
179.2KFY2020
122.9KFY2021
99.4KFY2022
49.2KFY2023
225K

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$8,3830.0%
Waste collection · 5621$6340.0%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$3210.0%

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

Gore, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Sequoyah County, OK ($1.4M 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: Gore is mostly in Sequoyah County.

See federal money in Sequoyah 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.

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

House

Josh BrecheenR-OK-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.7%

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.

Sequoyah County4100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fort Smith, AR-OK16

Other cities and towns in Sequoyah 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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