Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety19#750/924
Economy48#483/925
Housing91#88/925
Health23#709/925
Healthcare36#593/923
Environment6#860/917
Education30#647/925
Infrastructure45#505/925
Community36#588/925
Leisure & amenities68#299/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Enid, OK metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Cost of buying a home today · low18.6%
99/100Oklahoma 27.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.8 /10k
93/100Oklahoma 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low17.6 min
92/100Oklahoma 22.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent as share of income · low25.0%
90/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low2.4×
89/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · low3.1%
88/100Oklahoma 3.4%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.1 /1k
2/100Oklahoma 3.6 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
High ozone days · high4 days
7/100Oklahoma 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Voter turnout · low50.3%
7/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-2.8%
8/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Violent crime rate · high495 /100k
11/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

High ozone daysWorsening
1 days (2017) → 4 days (2022)
+300%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureWorsening
21% (2021) → 61% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+40 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Median Air Quality IndexWorsening
20 (2000) → 47 (2004)
+135%4 years
New homes permittedWorsening
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−91%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Homicide rateWorsening
3.4 /100k (2021) → 5.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+53%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.8% (2020 & 2021) → 34.4% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Enid, OK metro area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 8 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Uninsured−2.7 points17.4% → 14.7%
Firearm deaths−29%22.3 /100k → 15.9 /100k
Child poverty−4.9 points19.9% → 14.9%
Arts & recreation+15%3.7 /10k → 4.2 /10k
Gyms+12%1.6 /10k → 1.8 /10k

Declined7

Overdose deaths+62%11.9 /100k → 19.3 /100k
Violent crime+18%420 /100k → 495 /100k
Grocery stores−17%1.8 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Restaurants−9%9.3 /10k → 8.4 /10k
Suicides+20%17.5 /100k → 21.0 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Enid, OK metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.7 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	65%
Average commute time	18.0 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Average weekly wage	$8242020	$9982025	+21%	Improved	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	19.9%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	75%
Distance to an airport	71 mi2020	71 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	11.9 /100k2020	19.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+62%	Declined	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.87%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Firearm deaths	22.3 /100k2020	15.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	91%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	13%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	61%
High school diploma or higher	87.9%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	63%
Homicide rate	7.2 /100k2020	5.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,3662019	$64,1882024	+27%	Improved	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$54,0062015-2019	$66,1822020-2024	+23%	Improved	25%
New business applications	7.9 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	17%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+1.5%	Little change	77%
Poverty rate	13.8%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Property crime rate	2,641 /100k2020	1,900 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	37%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−1.1%	Little change	54%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	39.6%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Restaurants and bars	9.3 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	−9%	Declined	14%
Suicide rate	17.5 /100k2020	21.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Declined	26%
Traffic deaths	10.0 /100k2015-2019	12.2 /100k2020-2024	+22%	Declined	26%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2020	3.1%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.4%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Improved	92%
Violent crime rate	420 /100k2020	495 /100k2025	+18%	Declined	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Enid, OK metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Enid, OK metro area 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, Enid, OK metro area itself moved −4.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

62,146 residents

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

23,893 households (±487)

Enid, OK metro area
United States share

Under $25k16%3,855
$25k–50k21%4,952
$50k–75k20%4,717

Homes

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

Owners and renters

23,893 households (±487)

Enid, OK metro area
United States share

Own66%15,762
Rent34%8,131

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

28,523 workers (±641)

Enid, OK metro area
United States share

Drive alone79%22,479
Carpool14%3,910
Public transit0.3%†96

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Enid, OK employ 5,730 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Enid, OK by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Registered Nurses810 jobs	810	$78,060US $97,550	−20%	1.59×
Cashiers680 jobs	680	$27,460

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.

Enid, OK has 1,532 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248), with 20,094 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,810. The Census Bureau also counts 4,578 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,532; 4,578 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248
Paid employees: 20,094
Average annual pay: $45,810; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	127	20.5	0.98×About typical	982	$49,973	168
Restaurants and other eating places	99	16	0.87×About typical	1,893	$18,258	23
Specialty trade contractors	92	14.8	0.96×About typical	730	$52,288	365
Religious organizations	61	9.8	1.77×More than typical	364	$18,720	—
Lessors of real estate	54	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	153	$36,301	448
Building equipment contractors	49	7.9	1.31×More than typical	452	$56,759	61
Limited-service restaurants	46	7.4	0.92×About typical	1,063	$16,606	7
Full-service restaurants	45	7.3	0.94×About typical	721	$20,926	8
Legal services	41	6.6	1.23×About typical	245	$67,531	30
Offices of other health practitioners	40	6.4	1.06×About typical	130	$41,462	86
Gasoline stations	38	6.1	1.89×More than typical	328	$27,817	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	37	6	0.88×About typical	197	$19,157	396

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,060 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $119M on contracts performed in Enid, OK metro area: $1,927 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $119M; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,927; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.6%; 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

Top recipients

AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$63.4M53%
ASRC FEDERAL GULF STATE CONSTRUCTORS LLC$51.9M44%
WALDROP CONSTRUCTION INC$1.1M0.9%
CHENEGA RELIABLE SERVICES LLC$676K0.6%
CITY OF ENID$546.5K0.5%

Spending by fiscal year

110.6MFY2017
110MFY2018
117.7MFY2019
122.7MFY2020
126.7MFY2021
270.6MFY2022
145.4MFY2023
167.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$63.4M53%
Facilities support services · 5612$51.7M43%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.1M0.9%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$811.3K0.7%
Utility system construction · 2371$676K0.6%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$552.6K0.5%

Largest awards

FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUPPORT, 71ST FLYING TRAINING WING, VANCE AFB, OK$349.7M
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.· Garfield County, OK· Equipment maintenance· Aug 1, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· FA300221F0119
RE-ISSUE OF THE BOS CONTRACT AND FUNDING FOR 4 MONTHS OF OPTION YEAR 2$219.8M
ASRC FEDERAL GULF STATE CONSTRUCTORS LLC· Garfield County, OK· Facilities & utilities· Apr 6, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· FA302923C0001
VANCE AFB BASE OPERATION SUPPORT CONTRACT$174.2M
ASRC FEDERAL FIELD SERVICES, LLC· Garfield County, OK· Facilities & utilities· Feb 25, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· FA300221C0003
VANCE AFB CENTER RUNWAY REPAIR

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $382.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Enid, OK metro area: $6,193 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $382.6M; −5.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,193; US $12,955
Loan face value: $78M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 6.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$216.7M57%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$47M12%

Counties in Enid, OK

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Garfield CountyCentral county3561,779

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

EnidPrincipal city50,653

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Oklahoma

Areas based in Oklahoma, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Oklahoma City, OK52

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Enid, OK metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Counties in Enid, OK

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Oklahoma

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates