Scores by category

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

Safety8#14,434/15,637
Economy15#13,301/15,631
Housing91#1,302/14,977
Health2#15,263/15,609
Healthcare23#12,078/15,650
Environment11#13,768/15,453
Education10#14,129/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,098/15,650
Community13#13,672/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,705/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low1,866 /100k
88/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePottawatomie County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low124 min
85/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPottawatomie County value
Job growth · high1.6%
85/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPottawatomie County value
Rent as share of income · low26.1%
84/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low42.5%
81/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
79/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPottawatomie County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPottawatomie County value
Suicide rate · high32.5 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPottawatomie County value
Broadband subscriptions · low79.2%
4/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Firearm deaths · high25.7 /100k
5/100Oklahoma 17.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPottawatomie County value
Voter turnout · low51.9%
6/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPottawatomie County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.1% (2015-2019) → 79.2% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.0% (2015-2019) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
87.1% (2015-2019) → 83.6% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
New homes permittedImproving
1.1 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+15%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.424 (2015-2019) → 0.484 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Tecumseh, Oklahoma improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 14 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.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tecumseh, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Broadband subscriptions	74.1%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Child poverty rate	23.8%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	87.1%2015-2019	83.6%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4842020-2024	+0.059	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$45,0252015-2019	$48,5732020-2024	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	18.9%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.0%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	46.0%2015-2019	42.5%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%

“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 Tecumseh, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tecumseh, 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, Tecumseh, Oklahoma itself moved −8.1 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

6,332 residents (±25)

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: 80 and over women (+1.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,332 residents (±25)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White67%4,239
Black2.8%†176
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†264

Education

3,959 residents (±205)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma16%†649
High school or GED39%1,547
Some college24%941

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

2,339 households (±180)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k26%598
$25k–50k27%628
$50k–75k18%†413
$75k–100k15%342
$100k–150k10%†237
$150k–200k1.6%†38
$200k or more3.5%†83

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+6.2 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 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

2,339 households (±180)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own57%1,332
Rent43%1,007

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.3 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

994 households (±189)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75036%†355
$750–1,00033%†332
$1,000–1,50028%†276

Home values

1,332 homes (±198)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k69%923
$150k–250k20%†264
$250k–400k9.1%†121

Age of homes

2,610 homes (±188)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later8.9%†231
2000–200910%†261
1980–199924%635

Size of homes

2,610 homes (±188)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.0%†183
2 bedrooms27%700

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

2,613 workers (±252)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone77%2,012
Carpool14%†359
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.2%†6
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.8%†230
Other0.2%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.8 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

2,383 workers (±262)

Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min35%839
15–29 min33%796
30–44 min14%†344

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Shawnee, 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 Pottawatomie County, the county holding most of Tecumseh's residents.

Pottawatomie County has 1,253 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Oklahoma's), with 16,706 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,625. The Census Bureau also counts 5,000 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,253; 5,000 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 16,706
Average annual pay: $43,625; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	113	15.3	0.83×About typical	2,493	$19,583	26
Ambulatory health care services	107	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	921	$60,544	167
Specialty trade contractors	74	10	0.65×Fewer than typical	427	$84,932	608
Religious organizations	63	8.5	1.54×More than typical	377	$16,329	—
Limited-service restaurants	55	7.4	0.93×About typical	1,406	$16,842	12
Lessors of real estate	45	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	110	$38,836	342
Building equipment contractors	43	5.8	0.97×About typical	178	$53,725	122
Full-service restaurants	41	5.6	0.72×Fewer than typical	992	$23,198	5
Insurance agencies and brokerages	39	5.3	1.20×About typical	128	$47,875	64
Offices of other health practitioners	32	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	210	$40,848	77
Gasoline stations	30	4.1	1.25×More than typical	224	$24,817	—
General merchandise stores	30	4.1	2.30×More than typical	763	$26,425	39

Rank places for an industry Open Pottawatomie County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 73,851 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 $57.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tecumseh, Oklahoma: $9.09 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $57.6K; +101% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.09; US $1,994
Sole-source: 39%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$35.6K62%
Department of the Navy$22.3K39%

Top recipients

LOGIC AVIATION SERVICES LLC$35.6K62%
ARCHER TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$22.3K39%
LOMAN DRILLING INC.-$1100.0%
MGL ENTERPRISES LLC-$2500.0%

Spending by fiscal year

18.1KFY2017
49.5KFY2018
17.9KFY2019
166KFY2020
223.5KFY2021
50.1KFY2022
154.7KFY2023
48.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$35.6K62%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$22.3K39%

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

Tecumseh, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Pottawatomie County, OK ($5.9M 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: Tecumseh is mostly in Pottawatomie County.

See federal money in Pottawatomie 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.

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

House

Stephanie I. BiceR-OK-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%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.

Pottawatomie County19100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Shawnee, OK13

Other cities and towns in Pottawatomie 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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