Scores by category

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

Safety33#10,548/15,637
Economy53#7,307/15,631
Housing86#2,054/14,977
Health43#8,917/15,609
Healthcare56#6,936/15,650
Environment5#14,684/15,453
Education43#8,996/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,887/15,650
Community20#12,451/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,128/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
93/100Oklahoma 61 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCleveland County value
New homes permitted · high12.0 /1k
91/100Oklahoma 3.6 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Unemployment rate · low1.2%
91/100Oklahoma 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Oklahoma 11.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCleveland County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,948 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCleveland County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
84/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high91%
6/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACleveland County value
Voter turnout · low52.2%
7/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCleveland County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCleveland County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCleveland County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
9/100Oklahoma 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCleveland County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.4%
10/100Oklahoma 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.

PopulationRising
6,837 (2015-2019) → 7,493 (2020-2024)
+9.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.6% (2015-2019) → 59.0% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.6% (2015-2019) → 34.8% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.7% (2015-2019) → 1.2% (2020-2024)
−7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.4% (2015-2019) → 28.0% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$63,150 (2015-2019) → $81,739 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Noble, Oklahoma improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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 12 measures

Change of every measure of Noble, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	28.8 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	85.7%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	86.4%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.4082020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$63,1502015-2019	$81,7392020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	54%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent-burdened households	41.6%2015-2019	59.0%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	23%

“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 Noble, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Noble, 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, Noble, Oklahoma itself moved −15.5 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

7,493 residents (±28)

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: 40–49 women (−3.9 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

7,493 residents (±28)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White78%5,809
Black1.9%†139
Hispanic or Latino5.0%†372

Education

5,408 residents (±293)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma12%†673
High school or GED28%1,491
Some college20%†1,087

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

3,190 households (±340)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%†562
$25k–50k17%†554
$50k–75k12%†395
$75k–100k13%†426
$100k–150k31%†996
$150k–200k5.0%†161
$200k or more3.0%†96

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+15.0 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 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

3,190 households (±340)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own71%2,267
Rent29%923

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

882 households (±223)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75022%†191
$750–1,00024%†210
$1,000–1,50043%†382

Home values

2,267 homes (±352)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k23%†524
$150k–250k60%1,352
$250k–400k15%†343

Age of homes

3,449 homes (±331)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later19%†668
2000–200916%†543
1980–199934%†1,170

Size of homes

3,449 homes (±331)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.6%†228
2 bedrooms22%†771

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

3,529 workers (±457)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone86%3,022
Carpool6.7%†238
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.1%†252
Other0.5%†17

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

Time to get to work

3,277 workers (±458)

Noble, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min21%702
15–29 min34%†1,113
30–44 min17%†551

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 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 Cleveland County, the county holding most of Noble's residents.

Cleveland County has 6,169 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Oklahoma's), with 78,352 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,996. The Census Bureau also counts 25,296 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,169; 25,296 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 78,352
Average annual pay: $44,996; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	685	22.7	1.09×About typical	6,390	$51,447	1,112
Restaurants and other eating places	494	16.4	0.89×About typical	11,723	$18,546	104
Specialty trade contractors	457	15.2	0.98×About typical	3,225	$53,516	1,802
Lessors of real estate	402	13.3	1.08×About typical	1,251	$46,026	2,825
Offices of other health practitioners	275	9.1	1.50×More than typical	1,536	$46,439	568
Limited-service restaurants	232	7.7	0.96×About typical	5,800	$16,914	40
Building equipment contractors	212	7	1.17×About typical	1,921	$53,887	353
Legal services	192	6.4	1.18×About typical	697	$61,343	274
Full-service restaurants	189	6.3	0.82×About typical	5,026	$20,693	38
Construction of buildings	181	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	952	$59,194	650
Real estate agents and brokers	177	5.9	1.21×About typical	323	$49,269	663
Offices of physicians	172	5.7	0.88×About typical	1,273	$68,822	203

Rank places for an industry Open Cleveland County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 301,462 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 $339.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Noble, Oklahoma: $45.27 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $339.2K; +157% vs FY2025
Per resident: $45.27; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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$242.4K71%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$86K25%
Office of the Secretary$7,9902.4%
Bureau of Land Management$2,7000.8%
Indian Health Service$3250.1%

Top recipients

REDTOWN TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC$242.4K71%
FEDWRITERS, INC.$33.5K9.9%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$28.9K8.5%
DNI EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$18.6K5.5%
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$7,2512.1%

Spending by fiscal year

331.8KFY2017
132.3KFY2018
367.9KFY2019
153.4KFY2020
183.9KFY2021
181.4KFY2022
745.3KFY2023
157.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Industrial machinery manufacturing · 3332$203.8K60%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$39.5K12%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$38.7K11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$28.9K8.5%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$28.1K8.3%

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

Noble, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Cleveland County, OK ($167.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Cleveland 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.

Noble, Oklahoma is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tom ColeR-OK-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 1.2%

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.

Cleveland County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Oklahoma City, OK52

Other cities and towns in Cleveland 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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