City · Delaware County, Oklahoma

Grove, Oklahoma

Grove is a city in Delaware County, Oklahoma. It has 7,176 residents. Grove, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 18 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,769 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #94 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), unemployment rate (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), average weekly wage (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

18Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,769 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #94 of 237 in OK
Population: 7,176 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 755.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4031600

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.

Safety19#12,631/15,637
Economy18#12,880/15,631
Housing78#3,260/14,977
Health21#12,292/15,609
Healthcare19#12,637/15,650
Environment11#13,723/15,453
Education53#7,405/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,231/15,650
Community16#13,224/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,700/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Grove, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Delaware 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 · low123 min
86/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDelaware County value
Unemployment rate · low2.1%
82/100Oklahoma 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.59%
81/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drug overdose deaths · low10.0 /100k
81/100Oklahoma 19.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataDelaware County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDelaware County value
Rent-burdened households · low45.1%
77/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high31.2 /100k
3/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDelaware County value
Average weekly wage · low$850
3/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDelaware County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDelaware County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high162 mi
4/100Oklahoma 61 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDelaware County value
Child care cost burden · high42.1%
4/100Oklahoma 36.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Oklahoma 7.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDelaware County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 91.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,875 (2015-2019) → $58,941 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
7.2 /1k (2021) → 4.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−38%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
−6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.9% (2015-2019) → 45.1% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
90.3% (2015-2019) → 95.1% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Grove, 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

Uninsured−6.3 points16.4% → 10.2%
Broadband+15 points76.4% → 91.3%
Household income+41%$41,875 → $58,941

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Grove, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	79%
Child poverty rate	31.8%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5162015-2019	0.4792020-2024	−0.038	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$41,8752015-2019	$58,9412020-2024	+41%	Improved	75%
Poverty rate	13.5%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	50.9%2015-2019	45.1%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Improved	90%

“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 Grove, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grove, 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, Grove, Oklahoma itself moved +8.3 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

7,176 residents (±28)

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

3,248 households (±170)

Grove, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%582
$25k–50k25%823
$50k–75k18%†577

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,248 households (±170)

Grove, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own66%2,159
Rent34%1,089

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,783 workers (±239)

Grove, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone80%2,233
Carpool4.8%†133
Public transit0.0%0

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 Delaware County, the county holding most of Grove's residents.

Delaware County has 825 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Oklahoma's), with 8,537 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,783. The Census Bureau also counts 3,250 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 825; 3,250 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 8,537
Average annual pay: $42,783; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	60	14.4	0.69×Fewer than typical	575	$51,377	87
Restaurants and other eating places	59	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	720	$20,278	25
Specialty trade contractors	58	13.9	0.90×About typical	423	$63,423	400
Full-service restaurants	37	8.9	1.16×About typical	405	$21,852	11
Lessors of real estate	31	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	58	$31,621	289
Construction of buildings	29	7	0.92×About typical	174	$42,851	211
Religious organizations	29	7	1.25×More than typical	144	$24,083	—
Building equipment contractors	27	6.5	1.08×About typical	212	$73,080	68
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	5.5	0.82×About typical	133	$28,293	265
Gasoline stations	22	5.3	1.63×More than typical	174	$25,494	—
Offices of other health practitioners	22	5.3	0.87×About typical	129	$40,217	35
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	5	1.00×About typical	64	$42,125	62

Rank places for an industry Open Delaware County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 41,702 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 $703.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Grove, Oklahoma: $98.06 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $703.7K; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $98.06; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$703.7K100%

Top recipients

MALONES CNC MACHINING INC$505.5K72%
KIT PACK, LLC$120.3K17%
AEROFORCE LOGISTICS LLC$41.5K5.9%
A. J. ASSOCIATES MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING CO. INC.$30.2K4.3%
PRECISION AIR INC$7,7681.1%
FBC ENTERPRISES LLC$2,5750.4%
STATZ CORP$00.0%
AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

969.1KFY2017
867.6KFY2018
1.3MFY2019
869.5KFY2020
906.4KFY2021
913.9KFY2022
967KFY2023
1.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$698.5K99%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$4,0670.6%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$3,0870.4%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$3070.0%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$54.140.0%

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

Grove, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Delaware County, OK ($9.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Delaware 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.

Grove, 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.

Delaware County7100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Delaware 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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