Scores by category

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

Safety10#14,085/15,637
Economy8#14,354/15,631
Housing85#2,308/14,977
Health11#13,945/15,609
Healthcare34#10,377/15,650
Environment9#14,139/15,453
Education43#8,939/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,094/15,650
Community39#9,539/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#9,998/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBlaine County value
Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
97/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBlaine County value
Social associations · high17.6 /10k
96/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low105 min
94/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBlaine County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Preventable hospital stays · low1,764 /100k
92/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high183 /100k
1/100Oklahoma 107 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value
Food environment index · low5.7
3/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBlaine County value
Life expectancy · low70.7 yrs
4/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBlaine County value
Premature death · high14,352 /100k
5/100Oklahoma 10,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBlaine County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
17.7% (2015-2019) → 46.3% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
16.7% (2015-2019) → 30.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 10.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.5× (2015-2019) → 1.9× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeWorsening
13.5 min (2015-2019) → 17.0 min (2020-2024)
+26%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, Okeene, Oklahoma improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Declined2

Unemployment+10 points0.0% → 10.5%
Child poverty+29 points17.7% → 46.3%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Okeene, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.5 min2015-2019	17.0 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Child poverty rate	17.7%2015-2019	46.3%2020-2024	+29 points	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.64%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	77.4%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3672015-2019	0.4472020-2024	+0.080	Within the margin of error	8%
Median household income	$49,3752015-2019	$57,9172020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	49.6%2015-2019	47.1%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.5%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Okeene, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Okeene, 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, Okeene, Oklahoma itself moved −1.2 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

1,212 residents (±152)

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: 10–19 women (+9.0 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

1,212 residents (±152)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White66%802
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino28%†343

Education

625 residents (±69)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma23%†145
High school or GED31%192
Some college17%†107

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

419 households (±58)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k25%†105
$25k–50k21%†88
$50k–75k17%†72
$75k–100k13%†55
$100k–150k17%†72
$150k–200k3.8%†16
$200k or more2.6%†11

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+10.6 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

419 households (±58)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own62%259
Rent38%160

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−12.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

140 households (±42)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75023%†32
$750–1,00037%†52
$1,000–1,50040%†56

Home values

259 homes (±43)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k70%181
$150k–250k19%†49
$250k–400k5.0%†13

Age of homes

501 homes (±54)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later1.0%†5
2000–20093.0%†15
1980–199916%†78

Size of homes

501 homes (±54)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio1.4%†7
1 bedroom3.2%†16
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

448 workers (±86)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone88%396
Carpool5.1%†23
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.1%†14
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†15
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.2 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

433 workers (±86)

Okeene, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min68%293
15–29 min16%†68
30–44 min1.6%†7

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 Blaine County, the county holding most of Okeene's residents.

Blaine County has 227 employer establishments, 267 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248; 1.12× Oklahoma's), with 2,548 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,790. The Census Bureau also counts 657 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 227; 657 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 267; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,548
Average annual pay: $55,790; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	16	18.8	1.02×About typical	123	$11,447	4
Specialty trade contractors	16	18.8	1.21×About typical	18	$31,278	67
Religious organizations	15	17.6	3.17×More than typical	53	$12,434	—
Gasoline stations	12	14.1	4.35×More than typical	176	$22,205	—
Ambulatory health care services	11	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	58	$66,345	9
Building equipment contractors	11	12.9	2.15×More than typical	11	$32,000	10
Full-service restaurants	9	10.6	1.38×Too few to compare	43	$11,977	—
General merchandise stores	9	10.6	5.98×Too few to compare	50	$21,000	5
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	8	9.4	3.80×Too few to compare	6	$37,833	7
Banks and credit unions	7	8.2	2.54×Too few to compare	83	$52,205	—
Truck transportation	7	8.2	1.63×Too few to compare	57	$61,123	28
Health and personal care stores	6	7	2.66×Too few to compare	20	$23,800	3

Rank places for an industry Open Blaine County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,517 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Okeene, Oklahoma: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.8KFY2020
16.2KFY2022
16.5KFY2023
14KFY2024
13.9KFY2025

What was bought

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

Okeene, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Blaine County, OK ($427.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Blaine 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.

Okeene, 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.

Blaine County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Blaine 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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