Town · Grady County, Oklahoma

Rush Springs, Oklahoma

Rush Springs is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, part of the Oklahoma City, OK metro area. It has 1,299 residents. Rush Springs, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,466 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #126 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), rent-burdened households (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), primary care physicians (low) and drought exposure (high).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,466 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #126 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,299 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,118.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4064300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety30#10,897/15,637
Economy15#13,316/15,631
Housing96#537/14,977
Health17#12,989/15,609
Healthcare4#15,012/15,650
Environment11#13,751/15,453
Education40#9,331/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,469/15,650
Community29#11,110/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,922/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low35.8%
91/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGrady County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.46%
90/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent as share of income · low24.1%
89/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Reading scores · high3.24
82/100Oklahoma 2.94United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrady County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low77.8%
2/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
5/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrady County value
Drought exposure · high88%
7/100Oklahoma 67%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGrady County value
Child poverty rate · high44.7%
8/100Oklahoma 18.7%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGrady County value
Poverty rate · high25.6%
10/100Oklahoma 14.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
18.7% (2015-2019) → 44.7% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.7 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.0% (2015-2019) → 77.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.9% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
16.9% (2015-2019) → 25.6% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,227 (2015-2019) → $45,125 (2020-2024)
+28%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, Rush Springs, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 14 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.

Improved2

Uninsured−10 points24.9% → 14.6%
Broadband+14 points64.0% → 77.8%

Declined1

Child poverty+26 points18.7% → 44.7%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Rush Springs, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	23.4 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	64.0%2015-2019	77.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	18.7%2015-2019	44.7%2020-2024	+26 points	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.46%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4162020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$35,2272015-2019	$45,1252020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Poverty rate	16.9%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent-burdened households	33.1%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.9%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	96%

“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 Rush Springs, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rush Springs, 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, Rush Springs, Oklahoma itself moved −0.7 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

1,299 residents (±190)

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

451 households (±64)

Rush Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k24%†108
$25k–50k30%†135
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

451 households (±64)

Rush Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own64%290
Rent36%161

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

495 workers (±92)

Rush Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone85%419
Carpool6.3%†31
Public transit0.0%0

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 Grady County, the county holding most of Rush Springs's residents.

Grady County has 1,183 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Oklahoma's), with 11,304 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,273. The Census Bureau also counts 4,458 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,183; 4,458 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 11,304
Average annual pay: $47,273; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	144	25	1.62×More than typical	833	$50,977	510
Ambulatory health care services	69	12	0.58×Fewer than typical	525	$49,103	155
Building equipment contractors	64	11.1	1.85×More than typical	386	$54,609	100
Restaurants and other eating places	64	11.1	0.61×Fewer than typical	1,155	$17,483	27
Religious organizations	52	9	1.63×More than typical	257	$19,362	—
Truck transportation	49	8.5	1.69×More than typical	529	$67,081	150
Lessors of real estate	36	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	60	$45,767	359
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	33	5.7	1.82×More than typical	181	$50,702	109
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	33	5.7	1.74×More than typical	241	$52,913	49
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	5.6	1.11×About typical	136	$40,941	117
Construction of buildings	32	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	157	$61,573	181
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	30	5.2	2.11×More than typical	145	$57,359	41

Rank places for an industry Open Grady County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 57,504 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: Rush Springs is mostly in Grady County.

See federal money in Grady 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.

Rush Springs, 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.

Grady County35100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Oklahoma City, OK52

Other cities and towns in Grady 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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