Scores by category

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

Safety65#5,419/15,637
Economy26#11,621/15,631
Housing91#1,421/14,977
Health34#10,255/15,609
Healthcare6#14,760/15,650
Environment73#4,153/15,453
Education8#14,354/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,374/15,650
Community28#11,333/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,236/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Guymon, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Texas 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 · low14.4 min
98/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Oklahoma 6.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTexas County value
Rent as share of income · low25.5%
86/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTexas County value
Rent-burdened households · low39.6%
85/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.4 µg/m³
85/100Oklahoma 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTexas County value

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low18.0%
0/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTexas County value
Distance to an airport · high210 mi
1/100Oklahoma 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTexas County value
Voter turnout · low45.8%
1/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionTexas County value
Physical inactivity · high40.3%
3/100Oklahoma 32.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTexas County value
Adult obesity · high45.5%
4/100Oklahoma 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.

PopulationRising
11,488 (2015-2019) → 12,539 (2020-2024)
+9.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 1.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,942%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.2% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
26.6% (2015-2019) → 14.7% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
24.6% (2015-2019) → 13.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Guymon, Oklahoma improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 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.

Improved4

Uninsured−12 points26.6% → 14.7%
Child poverty−20 points33.2% → 13.6%
Poverty−11 points24.6% → 13.2%
Broadband+16 points75.2% → 91.2%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0990.340 → 0.438
Price / income+0.7×2.3× → 3.0×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Guymon, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.6 min2015-2019	14.4 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	75.2%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	33.2%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	65.5%2015-2019	71.5%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3402015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.099	Declined	5%
Median household income	$53,1642015-2019	$60,0752020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	24.6%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	43.6%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	26.6%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	98%

“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 Guymon, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Guymon, 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, Guymon, Oklahoma itself moved −7.6 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

12,539 residents (±40)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

12,539 residents (±40)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White26%3,294
Black7.9%†994
Hispanic or Latino61%7,685
Asian1.0%†122
American Indian and Alaska Native0.9%†110
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.7%†334

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Asian (−4.6 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

7,226 residents (±232)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma29%2,063
High school or GED33%2,379
Some college20%1,448
Associate degree3.3%†237
Bachelor's degree11%†790
Graduate degree4.3%†309

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+8.0 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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,902 households (±260)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k24%†942
$25k–50k19%†728
$50k–75k19%754
$75k–100k9.9%†386
$100k–150k18%†687
$150k–200k7.0%†274
$200k or more3.4%†131

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.6 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

3,902 households (±260)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own62%2,432
Rent38%1,470

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

1,401 households (±246)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75024%†334
$750–1,00044%†615
$1,000–1,50032%†452

Home values

2,432 homes (±245)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k34%827
$150k–250k59%1,427
$250k–400k6.6%†160

Age of homes

4,466 homes (±223)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later3.1%†139
2000–200910%†462
1980–199928%1,261

Size of homes

4,466 homes (±223)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio4.8%†215
1 bedroom6.2%†275
2 bedrooms37%1,656

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

6,062 workers (±320)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone74%4,498
Carpool20%†1,234
Public transit1.4%†87
Walk0.4%†22
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.7%†161
Other1.0%†60

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

5,901 workers (±323)

Guymon, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min70%4,135
15–29 min14%810
30–44 min11%†631

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 Guymon, 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 Texas County, the county holding most of Guymon's residents.

Texas County has 474 employer establishments, 232 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Oklahoma's), with 8,178 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,173. The Census Bureau also counts 1,268 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 474; 1,268 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 232; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 8,178
Average annual pay: $51,173; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	33	16.2	0.88×About typical	539	$15,557	15
Specialty trade contractors	27	13.2	0.85×About typical	137	$51,664	64
Religious organizations	26	12.7	2.29×More than typical	91	$20,681	—
Ambulatory health care services	23	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	173	$60,757	24
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	9.3	1.85×More than typical	69	$38,768	32
Full-service restaurants	16	7.8	1.02×About typical	257	$14,249	7
Construction of buildings	15	7.3	0.97×About typical	135	$37,896	51
Gasoline stations	14	6.9	2.11×More than typical	170	$27,288	—
Lessors of real estate	14	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	22	$40,909	85
Building equipment contractors	12	5.9	0.98×About typical	56	$67,661	15
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	5.9	1.34×More than typical	56	$37,589	18
Limited-service restaurants	12	5.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	227	$18,273	4

Rank places for an industry Open Texas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,426 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 Guymon, Oklahoma: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

18KFY2020
234FY2022
0FY2023

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

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

See federal money in Texas 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.

Guymon, 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.

Texas County39100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Guymon, OK41

Other cities and towns in Texas 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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