City · Hughes County, Oklahoma

Wetumka, Oklahoma

Wetumka is a city in Hughes County, Oklahoma. It has 1,234 residents. Wetumka, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,289 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #224 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), grocery stores (high) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on mammography screening (low), average weekly wage (low) and voter turnout (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,289 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #224 of 237 in OK
Population: 1,234 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 654.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4080500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety7#14,592/15,637
Economy1#15,552/15,631
Housing73#4,113/14,977
Health1#15,526/15,609
Healthcare2#15,273/15,650
Environment8#14,279/15,453
Education20#12,482/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,459/15,650
Community13#13,608/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,350/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wetumka, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hughes 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 · low99 min
96/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHughes County value
Grocery stores · high3.0 /10k
94/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHughes County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,945 /100k
86/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHughes County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHughes County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.63%
77/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · low29.7 min
74/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low27.0%
1/100Oklahoma 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHughes County value
Average weekly wage · low$811
1/100Oklahoma $1,173United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHughes County value
Voter turnout · low45.4%
1/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHughes County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high33.5%
1/100Oklahoma 14.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Median household income · low$27,058
1/100Oklahoma $66,124United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Oklahoma 7.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHughes County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
34.1% (2015-2019) → 71.3% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeWorsening
21.4 min (2015-2019) → 29.7 min (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
37.6% (2015-2019) → 33.5% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
13.5% (2015-2019) → 10.7% (2020-2024)
−2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.3% (2015-2019) → 55.6% (2020-2024)
−2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Wetumka, Oklahoma improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved1

Broadband+37 points34.1% → 71.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Wetumka, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	29.7 min2020-2024	+8.3 min	Within the margin of error	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	34.1%2015-2019	71.3%2020-2024	+37 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	44.0%2015-2019	42.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	0.47%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	82.9%2015-2019	81.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	31%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.044	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$27,3032015-2019	$27,0582020-2024	−0.9%	Within the margin of error	7%
Poverty rate	34.7%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	58.3%2015-2019	55.6%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	37.6%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%

“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 Wetumka, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wetumka, 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, Wetumka, Oklahoma itself moved −11.7 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

1,234 residents (±184)

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

453 households (±88)

Wetumka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k38%173
$25k–50k31%†140
$50k–75k17%†79

Homes

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

Owners and renters

453 households (±88)

Wetumka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own67%305
Rent33%148

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+18.4 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

412 workers (±84)

Wetumka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone69%285
Carpool18%†74
Public transit0.0%0

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 Hughes County, the county holding most of Wetumka's residents.

Hughes County has 196 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.61× Oklahoma's), with 2,199 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,953. The Census Bureau also counts 720 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 196; 720 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 2,199
Average annual pay: $36,953; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	18	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	158	$12,424	6
Religious organizations	15	11.2	2.01×More than typical	40	$22,650	—
Full-service restaurants	9	6.7	0.87×Too few to compare	54	$14,056	—
Gasoline stations	9	6.7	2.07×Too few to compare	36	$19,028	4
Ambulatory health care services	8	6	0.29×Too few to compare	97	$63,526	14
General merchandise stores	8	6	3.37×Too few to compare	103	$31,699	5
Limited-service restaurants	7	5.2	0.65×Too few to compare	88	$11,705	—
Legal services	6	4.5	0.83×Too few to compare	20	$27,500	—
Lessors of real estate	6	4.5	0.36×Too few to compare	9	$45,111	35
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	3.7	2.13×Too few to compare	22	$27,591	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	3.7	0.74×Too few to compare	19	$38,368	20
Grocery and convenience stores	5	3.7	1.25×Too few to compare	92	$25,641	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hughes County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,443 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wetumka, Oklahoma: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-122.1FY2017
386.3FY2018
28.4FY2019
-6.8FY2021
720.4FY2022
-17FY2023
102.1FY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Wetumka, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Wetumka, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Hughes County, OK ($41.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Hughes 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.

Wetumka, 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.

Hughes County7100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hughes 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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