City · Grant County, Oklahoma

Medford, Oklahoma

Medford is a city in Grant County, Oklahoma. It has 1,016 residents. Medford, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,964 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #46 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), math scores (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and pharmacies (low).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,964 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #46 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,016 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 654.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4047300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety27#11,420/15,637
Economy27#11,381/15,631
Housing95#768/14,977
Health21#12,299/15,609
Healthcare8#14,456/15,650
Environment31#10,669/15,453
Education76#3,766/15,649
Infrastructure12#13,817/15,650
Community48#8,175/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,559/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high8.0%
99/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGrant County value
Math scores · high3.64
99/100Oklahoma 2.91United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Social associations · high22.0 /10k
99/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Restaurants and bars · high14.8 /10k
95/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrant County value
Public libraries · high2.4 /10k
94/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGrant County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Oklahoma 6.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGrant County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low0.0%
0/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2020 & 2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrant County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrant County value
Broadband subscriptions · low76.4%
2/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an emergency room · high18.9 mi
3/100Oklahoma 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGrant County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGrant County value

Trends

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

Poverty rateWorsening
4.0% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
7.3% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
12.7 min (2015-2019) → 24.6 min (2020-2024)
+94%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
18.9% (2015-2019) → 13.1% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.4× (2015-2019) → 1.8× (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.381 (2015-2019) → 0.465 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Medford, Oklahoma improved on 0 of 11 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Medford, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.7 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	+11.9 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	73.7%2015-2019	76.4%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	87.3%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3812015-2019	0.4652020-2024	+0.084	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$48,9422020-2024	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.9%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“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 Medford, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Medford, 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, Medford, Oklahoma itself moved −18.3 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

1,016 residents (±167)

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: 60–69 women (−7.0 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

1,016 residents (±167)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White79%806
Black1.2%†12
Hispanic or Latino9.2%†93

Education

646 residents (±106)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma11%†74
High school or GED31%†198
Some college21%†

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

377 households (±64)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k28%†105
$25k–50k24%†89
$50k–75k11%†42
$75k–100k7.2%†27
$100k–150k24%†89
$150k–200k4.0%†15
$200k or more2.7%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.8 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

377 households (±64)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own70%265
Rent30%†112

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (+12.2 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

112 households (±38)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75020%†22
$750–1,00064%†72
$1,000–1,50016%†18

Home values

265 homes (±60)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k80%†212
$150k–250k17%†46
$250k–400k2.6%†7

Age of homes

476 homes (±72)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later7.6%†36
2000–20093.2%†15
1980–19999.7%†46

Size of homes

476 homes (±72)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms27%†129

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

392 workers (±94)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone79%311
Carpool9.7%†38
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.9%†23
Other5.1%†20

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

369 workers (±87)

Medford, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min56%†208
15–29 min8.7%†32
30–44 min17%†62

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 Grant County, the county holding most of Medford's residents.

Grant County has 115 employer establishments, 281 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248; 1.18× Oklahoma's), with 1,005 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,787. The Census Bureau also counts 337 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 115; 337 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 281; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 1,005
Average annual pay: $45,787; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	9	22	3.96×Too few to compare	16	$14,313	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	19.5	4.44×Too few to compare	11	$39,000	5
Banks and credit unions	6	14.6	4.53×Too few to compare	39	$66,179	—
Full-service restaurants	6	14.6	1.91×Too few to compare	31	$16,645	—
Gasoline stations	6	14.6	4.52×Too few to compare	50	$16,140	—
Restaurants and other eating places	6	14.6	0.80×Too few to compare	31	$16,645	4
Truck transportation	5	12.2	2.41×Too few to compare	46	$57,826	14
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	9.8	1.94×Too few to compare	13	$45,077	9
Specialty trade contractors	4	9.8	0.63×Too few to compare	21	$26,571	27
Building equipment contractors	3	7.3	1.22×Too few to compare	11	$26,091	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	8
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Grant County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,098 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Grant 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.

Medford, 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.

Grant County32100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Grant 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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