Town · Creek County, Oklahoma

Mounds, Oklahoma

Mounds is a town in Creek County, Oklahoma, part of the Tulsa, OK metro area. It has 1,059 residents. Mounds, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 13 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,660 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #137 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), new homes permitted (high) and days with unhealthy air (low). It ranks worst on median household income (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and primary care physicians (low).

13Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,660 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #137 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,059 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 471.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4049550

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety31#10,821/15,637
Economy12#13,814/15,631
Housing82#2,768/14,977
Health11#13,953/15,609
Healthcare10#14,007/15,650
Environment20#12,298/15,453
Education15#13,259/15,649
Infrastructure43#8,965/15,650
Community36#9,961/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,401/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mounds, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Creek 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 · low90 min
98/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCreek County value
New homes permitted · high17.0 /1k
94/100Oklahoma 3.6 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCreek County value
Average commute time · low20.1 min
84/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent as share of income · low27.2%
80/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Effective property tax rate · low0.61%
79/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$30,375
2/100Oklahoma $66,124United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.8 /10k
2/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCreek County value
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
4/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCreek County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCreek County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.4%
4/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.7%
5/100Oklahoma 14.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
3.8 /1k (2021) → 17.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+342%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
31.9% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 82.3% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
14.9% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.492 (2015-2019) → 0.594 (2020-2024)
+21%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, Mounds, Oklahoma improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Bachelor's+−6.5 points14.9% → 8.4%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Mounds, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.6 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	−4.6 min	Within the margin of error	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Declined	5%
Broadband subscriptions	75.0%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	89.3%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+1.7×	Within the margin of error	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4922015-2019	0.5942020-2024	+0.102	Within the margin of error	4%
Median household income	$35,7142015-2019	$30,3752020-2024	−15%	Within the margin of error	2%
Poverty rate	22.6%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.7%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	26%

“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 Mounds, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mounds, 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, Mounds, Oklahoma itself moved −3.7 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

1,059 residents (±197)

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 (+5.9 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

1,059 residents (±197)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White75%791
Black1.8%†19
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†25

Education

643 residents (±113)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma9.3%†60
High school or GED51%331
Some college26%†167

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

413 households (±84)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k42%†175
$25k–50k26%†109
$50k–75k11%†44
$75k–100k9.9%†41
$100k–150k4.1%†17
$150k–200k1.7%†7
$200k or more4.8%†20

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−6.3 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 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

413 households (±84)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own49%201
Rent51%†212

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

183 households (±86)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75048%†88
$750–1,00022%†40
$1,000–1,50030%†55

Home values

201 homes (±43)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k49%†99
$150k–250k40%†81
$250k–400k7.5%†15

Age of homes

505 homes (±83)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later6.9%†35
2000–200921%†106
1980–199922%†113

Size of homes

505 homes (±83)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio2.0%†10
1 bedroom17%†84
2 bedrooms25%125

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

323 workers (±81)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone84%271
Carpool11%†35
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.9%†3
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.3%†14
Other0.0%0

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

309 workers (±80)

Mounds, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min38%†117
15–29 min31%†95
30–44 min25%†77

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Tulsa, 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 Creek County, the county holding most of Mounds's residents.

Creek County has 1,416 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Oklahoma's), with 17,078 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,102. The Census Bureau also counts 5,537 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,416; 5,537 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 17,078
Average annual pay: $50,102; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	164	22.3	1.44×More than typical	1,519	$60,107	606
Building equipment contractors	81	11	1.83×More than typical	612	$58,861	109
Restaurants and other eating places	81	11	0.60×Fewer than typical	1,415	$14,811	27
Religious organizations	72	9.8	1.77×More than typical	307	$19,476	—
Ambulatory health care services	67	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	576	$60,196	149
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	53	7.2	4.52×More than typical	1,635	$67,876	35
Truck transportation	51	7	1.37×More than typical	808	$66,469	192
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	46	6.3	1.90×More than typical	327	$59,575	60
Construction of buildings	44	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	211	$56,355	216
Services to buildings and dwellings	40	5.5	0.81×About typical	209	$47,416	381
Full-service restaurants	36	4.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	545	$14,952	12
Lessors of real estate	36	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	48	$40,604	434

Rank places for an industry Open Creek County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 73,381 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 $37.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mounds, Oklahoma: $35.08 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $37.2K; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $35.08; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; 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 Veterans Affairs$37.2K100%

Top recipients

SS MEDICAL, INC.$37.2K100%

Spending by fiscal year

3.1KFY2018
9.5KFY2019
199.5FY2020
-167.7FY2021
1.4KFY2023
107.9KFY2024
54.8KFY2025
37.2KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Home health care services · 6216$36.5K98%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$6181.7%

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

Mounds, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Creek County, OK and Okmulgee County, OK ($7.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Creek 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.

Mounds, 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.

Creek County25100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tulsa, OK42

Other cities and towns in Creek 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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