Scores by category

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

Safety38#9,700/15,637
Economy37#9,884/15,631
Housing87#2,012/14,977
Health37#9,874/15,609
Healthcare31#10,750/15,650
Environment8#14,210/15,453
Education74#4,075/15,649
Infrastructure55#6,988/15,650
Community63#5,733/15,651
Leisure & amenities33#10,472/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kingfisher, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kingfisher 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 · low79 min
99/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKingfisher County value
Social associations · high16.8 /10k
95/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingfisher County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
91/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKingfisher County value
Reading scores · high3.30
87/100Oklahoma 2.94United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingfisher County value
Average commute time · low19.5 min
87/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Students per teacher · low12.0×
84/100Oklahoma 16.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsKingfisher County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyKingfisher County value
Physical inactivity · high33.4%
12/100Oklahoma 32.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Drought exposure · high79%
13/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAKingfisher County value
Hot days · high90 days
13/100Oklahoma 79 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationKingfisher County value
Traffic deaths · high23.4 /100k
14/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataKingfisher County value
Child poverty rate · high23.6%
16/100Oklahoma 18.7%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.2% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
11.8% (2015-2019) → 2.1% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
14.1% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 26.7% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.4% (2015-2019) → 12.3% (2020-2024)
−8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
26.7% (2015-2019) → 34.8% (2020-2024)
+8.1 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, Kingfisher, 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

Uninsured−8.1 points20.4% → 12.3%
Broadband+18 points74.2% → 92.5%
Bachelor's++9.3 points17.3% → 26.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Kingfisher, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.1 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+4.4 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	74.2%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	0.80%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	84.7%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.3872020-2024	−0.061	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$51,6792015-2019	$64,2712020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	26.7%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.4%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Improved	94%

“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 Kingfisher, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kingfisher, 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, Kingfisher, Oklahoma itself moved +6.3 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

5,026 residents (±15)

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: Under 10 men (−6.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,026 residents (±15)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White70%3,535
Black0.4%†22
Hispanic or Latino18%913
Asian1.7%83
American Indian and Alaska Native3.3%†167
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.5%†23
Other or two or more races5.6%†283

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: American Indian and Alaska Native (+2.9 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

3,512 residents (±196)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma12%†427
High school or GED36%1,256
Some college19%668
Associate degree6.4%†224
Bachelor's degree19%†659
Graduate degree7.9%†278

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+4.2 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 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

1,913 households (±167)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k14%†266
$25k–50k23%†431
$50k–75k21%†395
$75k–100k15%†295
$100k–150k16%†313
$150k–200k7.5%†144
$200k or more3.6%†69

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 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

1,913 households (±167)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own65%1,243
Rent35%670

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

618 households (±186)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75038%†234
$750–1,0009.5%†59
$1,000–1,50044%†272

Home values

1,243 homes (±173)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k19%†241
$150k–250k44%†547
$250k–400k32%†396

Age of homes

2,224 homes (±177)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later12%†265
2000–20097.5%†167
1980–199918%†400

Size of homes

2,224 homes (±177)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio2.4%†54
1 bedroom9.7%†216
2 bedrooms19%†432

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

2,678 workers (±265)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone83%2,221
Carpool8.9%†238
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.2%†31
Bike2.2%†60
Work from home4.8%†128
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,550 workers (±261)

Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min61%1,548
15–29 min14%†353
30–44 min7.6%†193

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 Kingfisher County, the county holding most of Kingfisher's residents.

Kingfisher County has 488 employer establishments, 314 for every 10,000 residents (1.27× the US rate of 248; 1.32× Oklahoma's), with 5,716 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,318. The Census Bureau also counts 1,610 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 488; 1,610 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 314; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 5,716
Average annual pay: $65,318; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	29	18.7	1.21×About typical	126	$40,706	140
Religious organizations	26	16.7	3.02×More than typical	132	$20,083	—
Restaurants and other eating places	26	16.7	0.91×About typical	311	$15,762	16
Ambulatory health care services	25	16.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	155	$65,613	31
Truck transportation	25	16.1	3.18×More than typical	343	$76,213	57
Building equipment contractors	17	10.9	1.82×More than typical	81	$44,432	20
Gasoline stations	15	9.7	2.98×More than typical	88	$28,705	—
Full-service restaurants	13	8.4	1.09×About typical	104	$15,673	8
Insurance agencies and brokerages	13	8.4	1.91×More than typical	48	$46,729	23
Lessors of real estate	10	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	42	$49,190	224
Limited-service restaurants	10	6.4	0.80×About typical	193	$16,244	4
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	10	6.4	1.95×More than typical	49	$41,429	10

Rank places for an industry Open Kingfisher County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,527 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 $478.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kingfisher, Oklahoma: $95.19 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $478.4K; +557% vs FY2025
Per resident: $95.19; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Acquisition Service$477K99.7%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$9250.2%
Agricultural Research Service$4630.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

196.3KFY2017
349.3KFY2018
239.8KFY2019
356.1KFY2020
396.3KFY2021
105.5KFY2022
1.7KFY2023
884.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$477K99.7%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$1,3880.3%

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

Kingfisher, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Kingfisher County, OK ($30M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Kingfisher 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.

Kingfisher, 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.

Kingfisher County60100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Kingfisher 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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