Scores by category

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

Safety29#11,179/15,637
Economy2#15,351/15,631
Housing35#9,771/14,977
Health15#13,309/15,609
Healthcare5#14,915/15,650
Environment45#8,481/15,453
Education28#11,237/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,466/15,650
Community36#9,966/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#13,044/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKiowa County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 19.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKiowa County value
Grocery stores · high3.7 /10k
98/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKiowa County value
Social associations · high19.0 /10k
97/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKiowa County value
Public libraries · high2.4 /10k
94/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesKiowa County value
Average commute time · low17.4 min
92/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low2.4 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKiowa County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 7.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationKiowa County value
Food environment index · low5.0
1/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKiowa County value
Median household income · low$33,051
2/100Oklahoma $66,124United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Poverty rate · high30.1%
3/100Oklahoma 14.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Mammography screening · low32.0%
3/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKiowa County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.4% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.1% (2015-2019) → 68.8% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
30.1% (2015-2019) → 43.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
78.6% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
53.9% (2015-2019) → 44.7% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Hobart, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved2

Uninsured−12 points21.8% → 10.1%
Broadband+26 points62.4% → 88.8%

Declined1

Rent / income+13 points30.1% → 43.2%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Hobart, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	17.4 min2020-2024	−3.3 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	62.4%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+26 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	53.9%2015-2019	44.7%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	80%
High school diploma or higher	78.6%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.019	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$29,5712015-2019	$33,0512020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	34.9%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	30.1%2015-2019	43.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	50.1%2015-2019	68.8%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.8%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	97%

“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 Hobart, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hobart, 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, Hobart, Oklahoma itself moved −1.5 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

3,358 residents (±17)

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: 40–49 men (−3.2 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

3,358 residents (±17)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White64%2,137
Black7.4%248
Hispanic or Latino18%614

Education

2,278 residents (±124)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma11%†255
High school or GED39%887
Some college30%686

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

1,427 households (±110)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k34%491
$25k–50k26%365
$50k–75k20%†283
$75k–100k8.2%†117
$100k–150k8.7%†124
$150k–200k1.1%†16
$200k or more2.2%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+4.8 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

1,427 households (±110)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own61%870
Rent39%557

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

497 households (±103)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75026%†131
$750–1,00052%†258
$1,000–1,50017%†83

Home values

870 homes (±115)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k83%719
$150k–250k15%†129
$250k–400k2.5%†22

Age of homes

1,842 homes (±129)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later6.9%†128
2000–20093.1%†57
1980–199911%†197

Size of homes

1,842 homes (±129)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio4.6%†85
1 bedroom6.3%†116
2 bedrooms29%535

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

1,342 workers (±143)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone78%1,043
Carpool11%†145
Public transit0.2%†3
Walk1.4%†19
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.0%†54
Other5.8%†78

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

1,288 workers (±139)

Hobart, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min60%774
15–29 min18%†234
30–44 min14%†178

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Kiowa County, the county holding most of Hobart's residents.

Kiowa County has 163 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Oklahoma's), with 1,294 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,644. The Census Bureau also counts 541 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 163; 541 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 1,294
Average annual pay: $37,644; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	16	19.2	3.46×More than typical	35	$20,971	—
Specialty trade contractors	11	13.2	0.85×About typical	50	$39,040	68
Ambulatory health care services	9	10.8	0.52×Too few to compare	45	$63,044	23
Truck transportation	8	9.6	1.90×Too few to compare	38	$42,789	26
Gasoline stations	7	8.4	2.59×Too few to compare	68	$20,147	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	8.4	1.91×Too few to compare	23	$33,652	9
Restaurants and other eating places	7	8.4	0.46×Too few to compare	57	$14,228	4
Banks and credit unions	6	7.2	2.23×Too few to compare	68	$46,279	—
General merchandise stores	6	7.2	4.07×Too few to compare	91	$32,407	9
Building equipment contractors	4	4.8	0.80×Too few to compare	20	$35,050	15
Full-service restaurants	4	4.8	0.63×Too few to compare	9	$25,333	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	3.6	0.71×Too few to compare	8	$20,625	8

Rank places for an industry Open Kiowa County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,333 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 Hobart, 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

3.1KFY2017
240.2FY2018
165.4FY2019
24.8FY2020
164.1FY2022
199.2FY2023
13.2KFY2024
132.3FY2025

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

Hobart, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Kiowa County, OK ($46.7K 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: Hobart is mostly in Kiowa County.

See federal money in Kiowa 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.

Hobart, 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.

Kiowa County19100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Kiowa 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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