Town · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Jones, Oklahoma

Jones is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, part of the Oklahoma City, OK metro area. It has 3,053 residents. Jones, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 42 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,037 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #22 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), distance to an emergency room (low) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), voter turnout (low) and property crime rate (high).

42Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,037 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #22 of 237 in OK
Population: 3,053 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 223.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4038350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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#14,887/15,637
Economy46#8,432/15,631
Housing92#1,273/14,977
Health16#13,176/15,609
Healthcare84#2,468/15,650
Environment3#14,908/15,453
Education15#13,300/15,649
Infrastructure86#2,147/15,650
Community43#8,988/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,709/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jones, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oklahoma 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 · high725 /100k
97/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOklahoma County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Oklahoma 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOklahoma County value
Dentists · high112 /100k
94/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOklahoma County value
Rent-burdened households · low37.1%
87/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Restaurants and bars · high11.5 /10k
85/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOklahoma County value
Broadband subscriptions · high95.3%
85/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high99%
2/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAOklahoma County value
Voter turnout · low52.6%
7/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOklahoma County value
Property crime rate · high2,318 /100k
7/100Oklahoma 1,814 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOklahoma County value
Violent crime rate · high554 /100k
7/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOklahoma County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.2 µg/m³
8/100Oklahoma 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOklahoma County value
Depression · high28.7%
9/100Oklahoma 26.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.8% (2015-2019) → 95.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
13.1 /1k (2021) → 6.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.7% (2015-2019) → 29.0% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,516 (2015-2019) → $77,371 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
13.5% (2015-2019) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.4% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Jones, Oklahoma improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Bachelor's++9.4 points19.7% → 29.0%
Broadband+16 points78.8% → 95.3%
Household income+42%$54,516 → $77,371

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Jones, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	78.8%2015-2019	95.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	84%
Child poverty rate	13.5%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	84.8%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4072015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.049	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$54,5162015-2019	$77,3712020-2024	+42%	Improved	76%
Poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent as share of income	22.3%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	35.0%2015-2019	37.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.2%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%

“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 Jones, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jones, 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, Jones, Oklahoma itself moved +0.5 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

3,053 residents (±25)

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

1,105 households (±90)

Jones, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k14%†151
$25k–50k19%211
$50k–75k15%†163

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,105 households (±90)

Jones, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own71%782
Rent29%323

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

1,350 workers (±156)

Jones, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone82%1,101
Carpool9.2%†124
Public transit0.6%†8

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 Oklahoma City, 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 Oklahoma County, the county holding most of Jones's residents.

Oklahoma County has 24,877 employer establishments, 307 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.29× Oklahoma's), with 407,951 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,101. The Census Bureau also counts 78,007 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 24,877; 78,007 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 307; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 407,951
Average annual pay: $59,101; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,574	31.7	1.52×More than typical	25,884	$73,417	3,700
Restaurants and other eating places	1,823	22.5	1.22×About typical	38,736	$20,769	390
Specialty trade contractors	1,305	16.1	1.04×About typical	14,242	$64,013	5,548
Lessors of real estate	1,245	15.3	1.25×About typical	4,680	$50,180	8,637
Legal services	966	11.9	2.21×More than typical	4,486	$99,282	1,010
Offices of physicians	945	11.7	1.80×More than typical	8,804	$109,903	858
Full-service restaurants	806	9.9	1.29×More than typical	18,630	$23,389	145
Limited-service restaurants	777	9.6	1.19×About typical	17,049	$18,382	172
Offices of other health practitioners	667	8.2	1.35×More than typical	3,265	$44,341	1,609
Insurance agencies and brokerages	628	7.7	1.76×More than typical	3,038	$76,667	1,249
Management, scientific and technical consulting	607	7.5	1.12×About typical	4,382	$87,183	2,426
Building equipment contractors	573	7.1	1.17×About typical	7,688	$65,704	842

Rank places for an industry Open Oklahoma County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 811,153 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 Jones, 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

2.8KFY2017
-527.9FY2018
7KFY2019
1.5KFY2020
7.2KFY2021
-1.1KFY2022
9KFY2023
-2.6KFY2024
-102.6FY2025

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

Jones, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Oklahoma County, OK ($2.9B 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: Jones is mostly in Oklahoma County.

See federal money in Oklahoma 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.

Jones, Oklahoma is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Alan ArmstrongR-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Oklahoma County44100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Oklahoma City, OK52

Other cities and towns in Oklahoma 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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