City · Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Hugo, Oklahoma

Hugo is a city in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It has 5,182 residents. Hugo, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,165 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #217 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), effective property tax rate (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), premature death (high) and life expectancy (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,165 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #217 of 237 in OK
Population: 5,182 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 821.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4036300

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.

Safety5#14,859/15,637
Economy1#15,398/15,631
Housing81#2,907/14,977
Health0#15,567/15,609
Healthcare6#14,768/15,650
Environment9#14,013/15,453
Education4#15,014/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,221/15,650
Community11#13,969/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,135/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Mental health providers · high826 /100k
98/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.41%
93/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · low17.6 min
93/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high12.6 /10k
81/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Rent-burdened households · low45.0%
79/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low28.3%
78/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high6,987 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Premature death · high17,911 /100k
1/100Oklahoma 10,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Life expectancy · low68.5 yrs
1/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Food environment index · low4.8
1/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChoctaw County value
Adult obesity · high48.9%
1/100Oklahoma 40.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChoctaw County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
2.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
51.4% (2015-2019) → 34.9% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
42.8% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.3% (2015-2019) → 45.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.1% (2015-2019) → 76.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
28.4% (2015-2019) → 17.8% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Hugo, Oklahoma improved on 8 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved8

Unemployment−6.9 points11.3% → 4.4%
Uninsured−11 points28.4% → 17.8%
Poverty−13 points42.8% → 29.9%
Child poverty−17 points51.4% → 34.9%
Inequality−0.0660.502 → 0.436

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Hugo, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.7 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	65.1%2015-2019	76.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	51.4%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.41%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	52%
High school diploma or higher	78.9%2015-2019	82.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5022015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.066	Improved	89%
Median household income	$25,2122015-2019	$33,9172020-2024	+35%	Improved	64%
Poverty rate	42.8%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Rent as share of income	33.9%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Improved	84%
Rent-burdened households	56.3%2015-2019	45.0%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Unemployment rate	11.3%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−6.9 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	28.4%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	−11 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 Hugo, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hugo, 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, Hugo, Oklahoma itself moved +10.9 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

5,182 residents (±49)

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

2,232 households (±129)

Hugo, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k36%793
$25k–50k28%630
$50k–75k19%415

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,232 households (±129)

Hugo, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own41%911
Rent59%1,321

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

1,873 workers (±146)

Hugo, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone69%1,297
Carpool19%†357
Public transit0.7%†14

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 Choctaw County, the county holding most of Hugo's residents.

Choctaw County has 282 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Oklahoma's), with 2,917 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,784. The Census Bureau also counts 1,089 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 282; 1,089 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,917
Average annual pay: $37,784; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	25	17.5	0.84×About typical	505	$36,404	42
Restaurants and other eating places	21	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	267	$19,296	8
Religious organizations	18	12.6	2.27×More than typical	36	$17,111	—
Child day care services	13	9.1	3.72×More than typical	78	$21,974	15
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	8.4	1.91×More than typical	17	$27,412	15
Limited-service restaurants	11	7.7	0.96×About typical	149	$19,980	—
Full-service restaurants	9	6.3	0.82×Too few to compare	118	$18,390	5
Home health care services	9	6.3	5.19×Too few to compare	354	$29,280	12
Individual and family services	8	5.6	2.00×Too few to compare	86	$42,930	3
Gasoline stations	7	4.9	1.51×Too few to compare	64	$18,828	—
General merchandise stores	7	4.9	2.77×Too few to compare	226	$32,296	5
Specialty trade contractors	7	4.9	0.32×Too few to compare	52	$43,173	127

Rank places for an industry Open Choctaw County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,318 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 $5,442 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hugo, Oklahoma: $1.05 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5,442; −94% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.05; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 26%; 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 the Army$4,56984%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$87316%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.3KFY2017
40.9KFY2018
57.7KFY2019
43.2KFY2020
34.3KFY2021
38.6KFY2022
45.4KFY2023
38.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,85953%
Waste collection · 5621$1,71031%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$87316%

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

Hugo, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Choctaw County, OK ($390.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Choctaw 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.

Hugo, 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.

Choctaw County4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Choctaw 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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