Scores by category

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

Safety7#14,592/15,637
Economy1#15,442/15,631
Housing88#1,749/14,977
Health1#15,453/15,609
Healthcare3#15,172/15,650
Environment8#14,279/15,453
Education23#11,977/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,444/15,650
Community15#13,245/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,350/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Holdenville, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hughes 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 · low99 min
96/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHughes County value
Grocery stores · high3.0 /10k
94/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHughes County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
92/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low18.9 min
89/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Preventable hospital stays · low1,945 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHughes County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHughes County value

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low27.0%
1/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHughes County value
Average weekly wage · low$811
1/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHughes County value
Voter turnout · low45.4%
1/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHughes County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 7.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHughes County value
Adult smoking · high25.4%
2/100Oklahoma 18.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high159 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 107 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHughes County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,559 (2015-2019) → 5,902 (2020-2024)
+6.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
47.1% (2015-2019) → 83.0% (2020-2024)
+36 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$32,433 (2015-2019) → $46,250 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.9% (2015-2019) → 18.2% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.4% (2015-2019) → 39.5% (2020-2024)
+6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Holdenville, Oklahoma improved on 4 of 15 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.

Improved4

Broadband+36 points47.1% → 83.0%
Uninsured−6.7 points24.9% → 18.2%
Inequality−0.0600.471 → 0.410
Household income+43%$32,433 → $46,250

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Holdenville, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.7 min2015-2019	18.9 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	47.1%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	+36 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	32.6%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	76.0%2015-2019	79.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4712015-2019	0.4102020-2024	−0.060	Improved	88%
Median household income	$32,4332015-2019	$46,2502020-2024	+43%	Improved	77%
Poverty rate	23.2%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	33.4%2015-2019	39.5%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.9%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	91%

“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 Holdenville, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Holdenville, 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, Holdenville, Oklahoma itself moved +5.4 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

5,902 residents (±51)

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: 20–29 men (−5.3 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

5,902 residents (±51)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White53%3,101
Black11%658
Hispanic or Latino8.0%474

Education

4,265 residents (±159)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma21%875
High school or GED42%1,791
Some college21%904

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

1,373 households (±134)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k28%379
$25k–50k25%344
$50k–75k16%†226
$75k–100k15%†211
$100k–150k12%†165
$150k–200k1.2%†16
$200k or more2.3%†32

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+10.9 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 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

1,373 households (±134)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own62%851
Rent38%522

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

380 households (±94)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75066%†252
$750–1,00021%†78
$1,000–1,5009.7%†37

Home values

851 homes (±134)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k77%654
$150k–250k18%†153
$250k–400k5.2%†44

Age of homes

2,065 homes (±121)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later2.7%†55
2000–20094.4%†90
1980–199911%232

Size of homes

2,065 homes (±121)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.9%†19
1 bedroom4.5%†92
2 bedrooms33%678

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

1,700 workers (±214)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone84%1,421
Carpool7.6%†129
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†39
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.4%†108
Other0.2%†3

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

1,592 workers (±213)

Holdenville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min58%916
15–29 min19%†299
30–44 min15%†233

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 Hughes County, the county holding most of Holdenville's residents.

Hughes County has 196 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.61× Oklahoma's), with 2,199 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,953. The Census Bureau also counts 720 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 196; 720 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,199
Average annual pay: $36,953; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	18	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	158	$12,424	6
Religious organizations	15	11.2	2.01×More than typical	40	$22,650	—
Full-service restaurants	9	6.7	0.87×Too few to compare	54	$14,056	—
Gasoline stations	9	6.7	2.07×Too few to compare	36	$19,028	4
Ambulatory health care services	8	6	0.29×Too few to compare	97	$63,526	14
General merchandise stores	8	6	3.37×Too few to compare	103	$31,699	5
Limited-service restaurants	7	5.2	0.65×Too few to compare	88	$11,705	—
Legal services	6	4.5	0.83×Too few to compare	20	$27,500	—
Lessors of real estate	6	4.5	0.36×Too few to compare	9	$45,111	35
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	3.7	2.13×Too few to compare	22	$27,591	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	3.7	0.74×Too few to compare	19	$38,368	20
Grocery and convenience stores	5	3.7	1.25×Too few to compare	92	$25,641	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hughes County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,443 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 -$1,180 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Holdenville, Oklahoma: -$0.20 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$1,180
Per resident: -$0.20; 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

Consumer Product Safety Commission$44.800.0%

Top recipients

HARJO MARY R$44.810.0%
HOLDENVILLE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY-$1,2250.0%

Spending by fiscal year

5.7KFY2017
13.2KFY2018
5.2KFY2019
4.2KFY2020
5KFY2021
6.8KFY2022
-1.9KFY2023
-462.8FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Data processing, hosting, and related services · 5182$44.810.0%

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

Holdenville, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Hughes County, OK ($41.2K 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: Holdenville is mostly in Hughes County.

See federal money in Hughes 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.

Holdenville, 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.

Hughes County7100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hughes 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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