City · Latimer County, Oklahoma

Wilburton, Oklahoma

Wilburton is a city in Latimer County, Oklahoma. It has 2,602 residents. Wilburton, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,744 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #198 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), job growth (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), primary care physicians (low) and adult smoking (high).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,744 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #198 of 237 in OK
Population: 2,602 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 837.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4081000

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.

Safety38#9,746/15,637
Economy6#14,752/15,631
Housing84#2,348/14,977
Health5#14,817/15,609
Healthcare9#14,175/15,650
Environment15#13,117/15,453
Education13#13,625/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,187/15,650
Community17#12,966/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,205/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Oklahoma 19.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLatimer County value
Job growth · high4.7%
97/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLatimer County value
Pharmacies · high3.1 /10k
97/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLatimer County value
Mental health providers · high705 /100k
97/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLatimer County value
Average commute time · low20.4 min
84/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · low2.4×
83/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high48.1%
1/100Oklahoma 36.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLatimer County value
Primary care physicians · low10 /100k
1/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLatimer County value
Adult smoking · high25.2%
2/100Oklahoma 18.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.7%
3/100Oklahoma 19.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLatimer County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLatimer County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.1% (2015-2019) → 83.8% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.6 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.6% (2015-2019) → 47.5% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.6% (2015-2019) → 83.4% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.572 (2015-2019) → 0.424 (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
26.6% (2015-2019) → 21.5% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Wilburton, Oklahoma improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Improved2

Inequality−0.1480.572 → 0.424
Broadband+17 points67.1% → 83.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Wilburton, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	20.4 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	67.1%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Child poverty rate	31.8%2015-2019	36.0%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	0.50%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	77.6%2015-2019	83.4%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5722015-2019	0.4242020-2024	−0.148	Improved	99%
Median household income	$33,4642015-2019	$38,9712020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	24.1%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	+2.9 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	31.9%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent-burdened households	53.6%2015-2019	47.5%2020-2024	−6.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Unemployment rate	11.2%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	26.6%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	87%

“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 Wilburton, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wilburton, 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, Wilburton, Oklahoma itself moved +9.2 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

2,602 residents (±247)

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

926 households (±93)

Wilburton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k26%243
$25k–50k33%308
$50k–75k15%†136

Homes

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

Owners and renters

926 households (±93)

Wilburton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own63%587
Rent37%339

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

961 workers (±149)

Wilburton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone87%839
Carpool4.2%†40
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 Latimer County, the county holding most of Wilburton's residents.

Latimer County has 150 employer establishments, 157 for every 10,000 residents (0.63× the US rate of 248; 0.66× Oklahoma's), with 3,292 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,889. The Census Bureau also counts 839 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 150; 839 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 157; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 3,292
Average annual pay: $51,889; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	14	14.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	79	$46,519	26
Religious organizations	11	11.5	2.07×More than typical	25	$24,240	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	9.4	0.51×Too few to compare	193	$16,896	12
Specialty trade contractors	6	6.3	0.40×Too few to compare	53	$47,358	114
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	5.2	1.19×Too few to compare	9	$47,444	10
Architectural, engineering and related services	4	4.2	1.20×Too few to compare	28	$82,679	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	4.2	0.83×Too few to compare	5	$41,000	25
Banks and credit unions	4	4.2	1.29×Too few to compare	26	$48,154	3
Full-service restaurants	4	4.2	0.54×Too few to compare	24	$30,458	—
General merchandise stores	4	4.2	2.36×Too few to compare	27	$21,481	10
Individual and family services	4	4.2	1.49×Too few to compare	4	$67,500	9
Limited-service restaurants	4	4.2	0.52×Too few to compare	154	$15,708	8

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,584 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: Wilburton is mostly in Latimer County.

See federal money in Latimer 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.

Wilburton, 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.

Latimer County4100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Latimer 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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