Town · Marshall County, Oklahoma

Oakland, Oklahoma

Oakland is a town in Marshall County, Oklahoma. It has 1,142 residents. Oakland, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 11 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,870 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #154 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), job growth (high) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on firearm deaths (high), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and physical inactivity (high).

11Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,870 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #154 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,142 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 798.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4053400

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety12#13,728/15,637
Economy21#12,378/15,631
Housing95#675/14,977
Health5#14,787/15,609
Healthcare5#14,909/15,650
Environment18#12,679/15,453
Education29#11,167/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,986/15,650
Community22#12,138/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,050/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oakland, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall 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 · low75 min
100/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarshall County value
Job growth · high3.5%
95/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarshall County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
92/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.359
89/100Oklahoma 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Rent-burdened households · low28.1%
88/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high62.6 /100k
0/100Oklahoma 17.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMarshall County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high33.4%
1/100Oklahoma 14.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Physical inactivity · high42.7%
1/100Oklahoma 32.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,786 /100k
3/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.2% (2015-2019) → 84.9% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.2% (2015-2019) → 39.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
26.6% (2015-2019) → 33.4% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,772 (2015-2019) → $61,250 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
20.4 min (2015-2019) → 24.3 min (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Oakland, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 13 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.

Improved2

Broadband+25 points60.2% → 84.9%
Household income+28%$47,772 → $61,250

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Oakland, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+3.9 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	60.2%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	22.2%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
High school diploma or higher	70.6%2015-2019	68.4%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3542015-2019	0.3592020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$47,7722015-2019	$61,2502020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Poverty rate	17.0%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent as share of income	21.7%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	25.0%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	26.6%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	7%

“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 Oakland, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oakland, 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, Oakland, Oklahoma itself moved −2.2 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

1,142 residents (±220)

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

317 households (±61)

Oakland, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%†57
$25k–50k19%†59
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

317 households (±61)

Oakland, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own66%208
Rent34%†109

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.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

460 workers (±105)

Oakland, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone67%308
Carpool23%†107
Public transit0.0%0

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 Marshall County, the county holding most of Oakland's residents.

Marshall County has 316 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Oklahoma's), with 4,495 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,659. The Census Bureau also counts 1,242 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 316; 1,242 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 4,495
Average annual pay: $46,659; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	29	18.2	0.99×About typical	421	$15,385	8
Religious organizations	22	13.8	2.48×More than typical	59	$22,390	—
Full-service restaurants	16	10	1.30×More than typical	164	$14,018	—
Ambulatory health care services	15	9.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	115	$49,957	31
Specialty trade contractors	13	8.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	37	$61,865	154
Gasoline stations	11	6.9	2.12×More than typical	69	$24,710	—
Lessors of real estate	10	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	17	$32,765	108
Limited-service restaurants	9	5.6	0.70×Too few to compare	241	$16,137	7
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	8	5	1.88×Too few to compare	99	$43,667	20
General merchandise stores	8	5	2.83×Too few to compare	256	$28,898	7
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	5	1.14×Too few to compare	25	$35,840	16
Construction of buildings	7	4.4	0.58×Too few to compare	39	$40,256	56

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,969 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: Oakland is mostly in Marshall County.

See federal money in Marshall 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.

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

House

Josh BrecheenR-OK-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.7%

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.

Marshall County19100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Marshall 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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