Scores by category

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

Safety8#848/924
Economy8#850/925
Housing38#574/925
Health2#902/925
Healthcare23#707/923
Environment8#848/917
Education17#771/925
Infrastructure12#815/925
Community9#842/925
Leisure & amenities33#621/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mental health providers · high509 /100k
87/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.61%
72/100Oklahoma 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.442
67/100Oklahoma 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Pharmacies · high1.8 /10k
67/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.9×
67/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an airport · low45 mi
66/100Oklahoma 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Life expectancy · low70.3 yrs
3/100Oklahoma 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low79.4%
4/100Oklahoma 88.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult smoking · high21.2%
4/100Oklahoma 18.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · high35.0%
5/100Oklahoma 32.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · high612 /100k
5/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high21.0%
5/100Oklahoma 19.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 65% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
21.1 /100k (2021) → 6.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−70%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.9% (2015-2019) → 79.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
28.2% (2020 & 2021) → 38.1% (2023 & 2024)
+9.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
6.8 /1k (2020) → 10.1 /1k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Firearm deathsImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 15.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−43%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

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, Muskogee, OK micropolitan area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 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.

Improved15

Inequality−0.0460.488 → 0.442
Restaurants+20%7.1 /10k → 8.5 /10k
Uninsured−2.9 points19.6% → 16.7%
Suicides−18%21.1 /100k → 17.3 /100k
Firearm deaths−26%21.1 /100k → 15.6 /100k

Declined3

Traffic deaths+32%14.8 /100k → 19.6 /100k
Grocery stores−12%1.4 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Price / income+0.4×2.4× → 2.9×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Muskogee, OK micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.3 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	72%
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Average weekly wage	$8552020	$1,0672025	+25%	Improved	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	68.9%2015-2019	79.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	29.4%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Distance to an airport	45 mi2020	45 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.6 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−0.5%	Little change	28%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Firearm deaths	21.1 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Improved	89%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−0.7%	Little change	39%
High school diploma or higher	85.3%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	52%
Homicide rate	15.1 /100k2020	6.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−58%	Improved	83%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,0142019	$59,5632024	+32%	Improved	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4422020-2024	−0.046	Improved	99%
Median household income	$43,0782015-2019	$53,6192020-2024	+24%	Improved	35%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	10.1 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−0.7%	Little change	69%
Poverty rate	21.1%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Property crime rate	2,482 /100k2020	2,207 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	13%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+2%	Little change	76%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent-burdened households	49.9%2015-2019	48.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	93%
Suicide rate	21.1 /100k2020	17.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−18%	Improved	85%
Traffic deaths	14.8 /100k2015-2019	19.6 /100k2020-2024	+32%	Declined	16%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	4.7%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.6%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Improved	93%
Violent crime rate	824 /100k2020	612 /100k2025	−26%	Improved	68%

“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 Muskogee, OK micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Muskogee, OK micropolitan 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, Muskogee, OK micropolitan area itself moved +2 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

66,444 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

25,739 households (±292)

Muskogee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k22%5,747
$25k–50k25%6,353
$50k–75k19%4,951

Homes

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

Owners and renters

25,739 households (±292)

Muskogee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Own67%17,121
Rent33%8,618

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

25,617 workers (±627)

Muskogee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone80%20,443
Carpool8.8%2,244
Public transit0.3%†85

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 no occupation wages for Muskogee, OK micropolitan area.

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.

Muskogee, OK has 1,334 employer establishments, 200 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248), with 24,190 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,939. The Census Bureau also counts 4,274 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,334; 4,274 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 200; US 248
Paid employees: 24,190
Average annual pay: $52,939; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	145	21.7	1.04×About typical	1,271	$54,914	139
Restaurants and other eating places	109	16.3	0.89×About typical	2,702	$18,261	45
Specialty trade contractors	75	11.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	573	$47,197	380
Religious organizations	60	9	1.62×More than typical	299	$22,522	—
Limited-service restaurants	57	8.5	1.07×About typical	1,708	$17,636	13
Full-service restaurants	44	6.6	0.86×About typical	838	$19,378	24
Offices of other health practitioners	41	6.1	1.01×About typical	251	$38,602	64
Offices of physicians	40	6	0.93×About typical	309	$82,994	19
Gasoline stations	36	5.4	1.67×More than typical	385	$27,379	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	35	5.2	1.04×About typical	161	$38,509	87
Lessors of real estate	33	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	104	$38,356	318
Building equipment contractors	32	4.8	0.80×Fewer than typical	217	$49,240	73

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 66,686 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 $38.5M on contracts performed in Muskogee, OK micropolitan area: $576 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $38.5M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $576; US $1,994
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.4%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$38.8M100%
Defense Logistics Agency$285.8K0.7%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$235.1K0.6%
Public Buildings Service$133.7K0.3%
Federal Aviation Administration$132.8K0.3%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$18.1K0.0%
U.S. Marshals Service$15.9K0.0%
Federal Acquisition Service$4,0330.0%

Top recipients

RHI LLC$8.9M23%
RANDY KINDER EXCAVATING INC$8.8M23%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$5.4M14%
THE POVOLNY GROUP INC$3.4M8.9%
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.3M6.1%

Spending by fiscal year

50.1MFY2017
27.2MFY2018
28.2MFY2019
25.7MFY2020
52.3MFY2021
38.1MFY2022
36.8MFY2023
36.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$14.3M37%
Utility system construction · 2371$8.6M22%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$5.4M14%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$2.3M6.1%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2M5.1%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381

Largest awards

WEBBERS FALLS TAINTER GATE REPLACEMENT - WEBBERS FALLS, MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OK$19.6M
MCMILLEN, INC.· Muskogee County, OK· Construction & real property· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· W912BV26CA014
PERFORM WEBBERS FALLS STILLING BASIN REPAIRS IAW PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.$18.1M
J. F. BRENNAN COMPANY, INC.· Muskogee County, OK· Construction & real property· Mar 1, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· W912BV24C0004
EHRM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES MUSKOGEE VAMC$16.9M
HURLEY JV, LLP· Muskogee County, OK· Construction & real property· Sep 5, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· 36C77625C0074
ER PHYSICIANS

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 $532.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Muskogee, OK micropolitan area: $7,984 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $532.6M; −0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,984; US $12,955
Loan face value: $30M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$255.6M48%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$85M16%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$51.1M9.6%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$32.5M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$28.6M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$22.4M4.2%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$8M1.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.8M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$41.5M7.8%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF MUSKOGE$6.7M1.3%
MUSKOGEE, OK
CITY OF MUSKOGEE$5.5M1.0%
MUSKOGEE, OK
GREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES$4.7M0.9%
MUSKOGEE, OK
CONNORS STATE COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$357.7M67%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$97.1M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$41.8M7.9%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$7.2M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

527.6MFY2021
508.5MFY2022
485.1MFY2023
535.7MFY2024
536.8MFY2025
532.6MFY2026

County aggregates

86%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Muskogee, 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.

Muskogee CountyCentral county766,708

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

MuskogeePrincipal city36,758

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.

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

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Muskogee, OK micropolitan 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

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Muskogee, 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

Improved15

Declined3

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

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought