Town · Adair County, Oklahoma

Westville, Oklahoma

Westville is a town in Adair County, Oklahoma. It has 1,743 residents. Westville, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,172 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #218 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), rent-burdened households (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and life expectancy (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,172 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #218 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,743 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 925.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4080450

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety10#14,141/15,637
Economy0#15,619/15,631
Housing100#5/14,977
Health1#15,498/15,609
Healthcare7#14,510/15,650
Environment22#11,977/15,453
Education6#14,679/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,418/15,650
Community6#14,780/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,578/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low82 min
99/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAdair County value
Rent-burdened households · low33.2%
98/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low23.2%
96/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Effective property tax rate · low0.39%
94/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
94/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low18.3 min
87/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdair County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low15.8%
1/100Oklahoma 70.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value
Life expectancy · low68.3 yrs
1/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.5 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdair County value
Premature death · high17,267 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 10,827 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,960 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
48.3% (2015-2019) → 80.0% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
33.8% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.9% (2015-2019) → 33.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
5.4% (2015-2019) → 12.8% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Home price to income ratioImproving
2.7× (2015-2019) → 1.7× (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$29,405 (2015-2019) → $39,400 (2020-2024)
+34%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, Westville, Oklahoma improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved5

Uninsured−18 points33.8% → 15.5%
Broadband+32 points48.3% → 80.0%
High school++6.8 points78.3% → 85.1%
Rent burden−14 points46.9% → 33.2%
Rent / income−5.3 points28.5% → 23.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Westville, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	18.3 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	48.3%2015-2019	80.0%2020-2024	+32 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	42.7%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.39%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	78.3%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	89%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4522020-2024	+0.033	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$29,4052015-2019	$39,4002020-2024	+34%	Within the margin of error	63%
Poverty rate	31.1%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Improved	84%
Rent-burdened households	46.9%2015-2019	33.2%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	33.8%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	100%

“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 Westville, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Westville, 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, Westville, Oklahoma itself moved +12.8 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

1,743 residents (±382)

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

710 households (±141)

Westville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k40%†284
$25k–50k18%†131
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

710 households (±141)

Westville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own44%315
Rent56%395

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

612 workers (±183)

Westville, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone85%†522
Carpool9.8%†60
Public transit

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 Adair County, the county holding most of Westville's residents.

Adair County has 242 employer establishments, 124 for every 10,000 residents (0.50× the US rate of 248; 0.52× Oklahoma's), with 2,991 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,653. The Census Bureau also counts 1,517 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 242; 1,517 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 124; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,991
Average annual pay: $44,653; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	19	9.7	0.53×Fewer than typical	268	$17,843	6
Specialty trade contractors	16	8.2	0.53×Fewer than typical	46	$39,696	253
Religious organizations	15	7.7	1.38×More than typical	35	$21,257	—
Ambulatory health care services	12	6.1	0.29×Fewer than typical	97	$50,206	50
Gasoline stations	10	5.1	1.58×More than typical	111	$20,477	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	4.6	0.57×Too few to compare	159	$18,006	—
Full-service restaurants	8	4.1	0.53×Too few to compare	107	$17,178	4
Lessors of real estate	8	4.1	0.33×Too few to compare	14	$32,071	49
Truck transportation	8	4.1	0.81×Too few to compare	32	$69,594	55
Banks and credit unions	6	3.1	0.95×Too few to compare	82	$42,207	—
Construction of buildings	6	3.1	0.41×Too few to compare	32	$30,500	129
General merchandise stores	6	3.1	1.74×Too few to compare	226	$28,491	10

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,548 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: Westville is mostly in Adair County.

See federal money in Adair 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.

Westville, 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.

Adair County1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Adair 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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