City · Haskell County, Oklahoma

Stigler, Oklahoma

Stigler is a city in Haskell County, Oklahoma. It has 2,729 residents. Stigler, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,141 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #215 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), average commute time (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), average weekly wage (low) and food environment index (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,141 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #215 of 237 in OK
Population: 2,729 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,010.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4070250

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.

Safety43#8,879/15,637
Economy6#14,730/15,631
Housing48#7,763/14,977
Health2#15,247/15,609
Healthcare4#15,002/15,650
Environment9#14,045/15,453
Education13#13,605/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,473/15,650
Community18#12,901/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,375/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high5.2%
98/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHaskell County value
Average commute time · low17.8 min
91/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Time spent in the emergency room · low120 min
87/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHaskell County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.52%
86/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Violent crime rate · low100 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHaskell County value
Public transit commuters · high1.4%
79/100Oklahoma 0.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low1.5%
0/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value
Average weekly wage · low$833
2/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Food environment index · low5.6
2/100Oklahoma 5.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high23.7%
3/100Oklahoma 14.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHaskell County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.3% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
43.1% (2015-2019) → 28.9% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
31.1% (2015-2019) → 18.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,525 (2015-2019) → $42,976 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 3.8× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Stigler, Oklahoma improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved4

Poverty−12 points31.1% → 18.8%
Child poverty−14 points43.1% → 28.9%
Household income+56%$27,525 → $42,976
Broadband+15 points69.3% → 84.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Stigler, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	17.8 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	69.3%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	43.1%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	81.0%2015-2019	79.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4352015-2019	0.4222020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$27,5252015-2019	$42,9762020-2024	+56%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	31.1%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	36.2%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	57.6%2015-2019	60.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Unemployment rate	11.1%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.0%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	20%

“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 Stigler, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stigler, 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, Stigler, Oklahoma itself moved +1.6 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

2,729 residents (±20)

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

1,084 households (±64)

Stigler, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k27%290
$25k–50k29%318
$50k–75k21%231

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,084 households (±64)

Stigler, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own60%652
Rent40%432

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

1,093 workers (±103)

Stigler, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone77%838
Carpool17%†182
Public transit1.4%†15

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 Haskell County, the county holding most of Stigler's residents.

Haskell County has 226 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Oklahoma's), with 2,711 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,060. The Census Bureau also counts 1,142 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 226; 1,142 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,711
Average annual pay: $41,060; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	18	15.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	631	$41,284	42
Specialty trade contractors	17	14.4	0.93×About typical	88	$49,443	166
Religious organizations	14	11.9	2.14×More than typical	46	$29,913	—
Restaurants and other eating places	12	10.2	0.55×Fewer than typical	166	$11,940	18
Building equipment contractors	11	9.3	1.55×More than typical	45	$24,844	35
Home health care services	8	6.8	5.60×Too few to compare	329	$29,614	10
Truck transportation	8	6.8	1.34×Too few to compare	28	$49,643	45
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	7	5.9	2.40×Too few to compare	32	$30,125	12
General merchandise stores	7	5.9	3.36×Too few to compare	176	$31,386	10
Architectural, engineering and related services	6	5.1	1.46×Too few to compare	8	$27,750	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	6	5.1	0.76×Too few to compare	32	$62,938	32
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	5	4.2	1.04×Too few to compare	6	$24,333	14

Rank places for an industry Open Haskell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,795 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 $4,148 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Stigler, Oklahoma: $1.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,148; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.1%; 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$4,148100%

Top recipients

AAJ CONSTRUCTION INC$1,53237%
PARLIAMENT LLC$1,52137%
CENTRAL DISPOSAL, LLC$78219%
HECKLER CONTRACTING LLC$58514%
GERMRIP LLC$44811%
SUNBELT RENTALS, INC$2836.8%
HASKELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$1563.8%
WOLFE, KATHY A$1553.7%

Spending by fiscal year

3.6KFY2017
3.4KFY2018
4.5KFY2019
213.9KFY2020
15.2KFY2021
23.4KFY2022
22.7KFY2023
11.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,56562%
Waste collection · 5621$78219%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$3959.5%
General rental centers · 5323$2836.8%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$1563.8%

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

Stigler, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Haskell County, OK ($414.5K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Haskell 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.

Stigler, 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.

Haskell County5100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Haskell 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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