City · Noble County, Oklahoma

Perry, Oklahoma

Perry is a city in Noble County, Oklahoma. It has 4,452 residents. Perry, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 18 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,829 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #96 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), average commute time (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), gyms and fitness centers (low) and mental health providers (low).

18Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,829 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #96 of 237 in OK
Population: 4,452 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 653.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4058250

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety22#12,136/15,637
Economy35#10,146/15,631
Housing80#3,001/14,977
Health21#12,362/15,609
Healthcare19#12,640/15,650
Environment8#14,224/15,453
Education41#9,252/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,312/15,650
Community34#10,311/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,133/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNoble County value
Average commute time · low14.4 min
97/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high14.8 /10k
90/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNoble County value
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataNoble County value
Unemployment rate · low1.4%
89/100Oklahoma 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high38.5 /100k
3/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataNoble County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNoble County value
Mental health providers · low55 /100k
7/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNoble County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low46.6%
9/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNoble County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
10/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNoble County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
11/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNoble County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
4,942 (2015-2019) → 4,452 (2020-2024)
−9.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.6% (2015-2019) → 85.6% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.5% (2015-2019) → 18.8% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.5× (2015-2019) → 2.0× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.4% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.1% (2015-2019) → 51.9% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Perry, Oklahoma improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+10 points75.6% → 85.6%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0800.380 → 0.460

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Perry, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	14.4 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Broadband subscriptions	75.6%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.97%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3802015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.080	Declined	8%
Median household income	$55,2572015-2019	$53,5872020-2024	−3%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	9.2%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
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	30.5%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	51.9%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.4%2015-2019	6.4%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%

“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 Perry, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Perry, 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, Perry, Oklahoma itself moved −19.6 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

4,452 residents (±35)

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

1,748 households (±142)

Perry, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%†311
$25k–50k31%543
$50k–75k13%†222

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,748 households (±142)

Perry, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own70%1,223
Rent30%525

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,113 workers (±191)

Perry, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone84%1,773
Carpool11%†233
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 Noble County, the county holding most of Perry's residents.

Noble County has 194 employer establishments, 179 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Oklahoma's), with 4,183 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,714. The Census Bureau also counts 834 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 194; 834 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 179; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 4,183
Average annual pay: $49,714; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	16	14.7	2.65×More than typical	91	$13,571	—
Restaurants and other eating places	16	14.7	0.80×About typical	215	$18,451	—
Full-service restaurants	10	9.2	1.20×About typical	85	$20,271	—
Gasoline stations	10	9.2	2.84×More than typical	62	$34,371	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	9.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	123	$38,610	76
Building equipment contractors	7	6.4	1.07×Too few to compare	43	$41,977	18
Ambulatory health care services	6	5.5	0.26×Too few to compare	56	$48,750	22
Limited-service restaurants	6	5.5	0.69×Too few to compare	130	$17,262	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	4.6	0.91×Too few to compare	26	$34,962	14
Banks and credit unions	5	4.6	1.42×Too few to compare	79	$54,203	—
Construction of buildings	5	4.6	0.61×Too few to compare	6	$39,833	27
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	5	4.6	1.39×Too few to compare	28	$36,786	9

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,868 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 Perry, Oklahoma: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

277.4FY2017
292.1FY2018
765.8FY2019
48.1FY2020
16FY2021
1.4KFY2023

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

Perry, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Noble County, OK ($161.3K 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: Perry is mostly in Noble County.

See federal money in Noble 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.

Perry, 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.

Noble County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Noble 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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