Census-designated place · Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Toppers, Oklahoma

Toppers is a census-designated place in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, part of the Tulsa, OK metro area. It has 1,029 residents. Toppers, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,236 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #110 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), time spent in the emergency room (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and social associations (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,236 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #110 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,029 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 444.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 4074180

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.

Safety44#8,665/15,637
Economy22#12,126/15,631
Housing92#1,172/14,977
Health26#11,575/15,609
Healthcare25#11,678/15,650
Environment4#14,853/15,453
Education35#10,232/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,119/15,650
Community5#14,911/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,563/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Toppers, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wagoner 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 · high3.3%
95/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWagoner County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low111 min
92/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWagoner County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.2%
86/100Oklahoma 14.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.328
85/100Oklahoma 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Rent as share of income · low24.0%
78/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.3 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWagoner County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.9 /10k
2/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWagoner County value
Social associations · low4.1 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWagoner County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low33.6%
3/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWagoner County value
Dentists · low18 /100k
4/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWagoner County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.1 /10k
5/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWagoner County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
812 (2016-2020) → 1,029 (2020-2024)
+27%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
42.8% (2016-2020) → 63.5% (2020-2024)
+21 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
25.6% (2016-2020) → 41.5% (2020-2024)
+16 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.9% (2016-2020) → 2.2% (2020-2024)
−16 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.2% (2016-2020) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+11 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
25.8 min (2016-2020) → 33.5 min (2020-2024)
+30%4 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.

There is not enough history to compare Toppers, Oklahoma over five years.

Cities and towns like Toppers, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Toppers, 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.

No place that looked like Toppers, Oklahoma five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

1,029 residents (±232)

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

† 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

1,029 residents (±232)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White64%†658
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino4.1%†42

Education

779 residents (±199)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma13%†103
High school or GED33%†257
Some college22%†169

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

425 households (±111)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k15%†62
$25k–50k31%†133
$50k–75k28%†120
$75k–100k20%†84
$100k–150k4.2%†18
$150k–200k1.9%†8
$200k or more0.0%0

† 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

425 households (±111)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own73%†309
Rent27%†116

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Rent paid

106 households (±50)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75016%†17
$750–1,00054%†57
$1,000–1,50030%†32

Home values

309 homes (±107)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k76%†234
$150k–250k15%†46
$250k–400k2.6%†8

Age of homes

516 homes (±112)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later2.5%†13
2000–200916%†80
1980–199922%†113

Size of homes

516 homes (±112)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.4%†38
2 bedrooms34%†173

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

355 workers (±87)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone85%301
Carpool11%†39
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.3%†8
Other2.0%†7

† 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

347 workers (±88)

Toppers, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min17%†60
15–29 min16%†57
30–44 min31%†109

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 Tulsa, 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 Wagoner County, the county holding most of Toppers's residents.

Wagoner County has 1,128 employer establishments, 126 for every 10,000 residents (0.51× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Oklahoma's), with 9,948 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,481. The Census Bureau also counts 7,667 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,128; 7,667 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 126; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 9,948
Average annual pay: $49,481; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	157	17.6	1.13×About typical	923	$56,375	784
Restaurants and other eating places	75	8.4	0.46×Fewer than typical	1,086	$17,934	34
Building equipment contractors	68	7.6	1.26×More than typical	382	$52,296	135
Lessors of real estate	65	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	88	$49,989	659
Ambulatory health care services	58	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	608	$51,189	269
Construction of buildings	54	6	0.80×Fewer than typical	194	$59,655	278
Services to buildings and dwellings	48	5.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	131	$36,420	527
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	38	4.3	1.29×More than typical	235	$55,332	69
Truck transportation	38	4.3	0.84×About typical	153	$39,255	193
Full-service restaurants	34	3.8	0.50×Fewer than typical	322	$19,568	19
Management, scientific and technical consulting	34	3.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	85	$50,424	207
Religious organizations	34	3.8	0.69×Fewer than typical	202	$19,144	—

Rank places for an industry Open Wagoner County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 89,385 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 $4,081 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Toppers, Oklahoma: $3.97 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,081; −97% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.97; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Bureau of Land Management$2,35758%
Department of the Army$97024%
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement$75519%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

312.1FY2017
392.6FY2018
796FY2019
2.8KFY2020
1.2KFY2021
318.9FY2022
229.8FY2023
1.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for animal production · 1152$2,35758%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$75519%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$50612%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$46411%

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

Toppers, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Wagoner County, OK ($4.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Wagoner 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.

Toppers, Oklahoma is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Wagoner County42100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tulsa, OK42

Other cities and towns in Wagoner 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
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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Toppers, Oklahoma five years ago that improved