Scores by category

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

Safety13#807/924
Economy32#629/925
Housing85#139/925
Health3#893/925
Healthcare38#569/923
Environment6#862/917
Education27#678/925
Infrastructure23#709/925
Community11#826/925
Leisure & amenities14#797/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,866 /100k
87/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · high1.6%
86/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Rent-burdened households · low41.4%
81/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low26.5%
79/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low2.7×
77/100Oklahoma 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an airport · low37 mi
75/100Oklahoma 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high32.5 /100k
4/100Oklahoma 19.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low4.8 /10k
5/100Oklahoma 8.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low0.7 /10k
5/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low30 /100k
6/100Oklahoma 60 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
6/100Oklahoma 0.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
25% (2021) → 89% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 87.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Property crime rateImproving
2,841 /100k (2020) → 1,637 /100k (2025)
−42%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.2% (2020 & 2021) → 36.3% (2023 & 2024)
+7.1 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,756 /100k (2019) → 1,866 /100k (2023)
−32%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Physical inactivityImproving
37.8% (2019) → 31.5% (2023)
−6.3 pts4 yearsUS 25.9% → 26.5%

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, Shawnee, OK micropolitan area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 8 moved within the margin of error and 2 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−2.9 points17.2% → 14.3%
Broadband+13 points74.8% → 87.4%
Traffic deaths−17%23.3 /100k → 19.3 /100k
Arts & recreation+25%2.3 /10k → 2.9 /10k
Homicides−53%9.7 /100k → 4.6 /100k

Declined8

Restaurants−21%6.1 /10k → 4.8 /10k
Overdose deaths+48%16.5 /100k → 24.4 /100k
Grocery stores−23%0.7 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Violent crime+15%326 /100k → 374 /100k
Suicides+24%26.2 /100k → 32.5 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Shawnee, 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	2.9 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	81%
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Average weekly wage	$7512020	$9232025	+23%	Improved	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	35%
Broadband subscriptions	74.8%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	20.1%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Distance to an airport	37 mi2020	37 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.5 /100k2020	24.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+48%	Declined	9%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Firearm deaths	28.9 /100k2020	25.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Improved	68%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−23%	Declined	7%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	23%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Declined	76%
Homicide rate	9.7 /100k2020	4.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−53%	Improved	80%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,3192019	$60,6692024	+28%	Improved	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4372020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$49,2502015-2019	$61,3982020-2024	+25%	Improved	36%
New business applications	9.2 /1k2020	11.5 /1k2025	+25%	Improved	21%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	44%
Poverty rate	16.2%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Property crime rate	2,841 /100k2020	1,637 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	70%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−2.4%	Little change	43%
Rent as share of income	26.0%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	40.9%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Restaurants and bars	6.1 /10k2020	4.8 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	3%
Suicide rate	26.2 /100k2020	32.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Declined	21%
Traffic deaths	23.3 /100k2015-2019	19.3 /100k2020-2024	−17%	Improved	86%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	3.8%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.2%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Improved	93%
Violent crime rate	326 /100k2020	374 /100k2025	+15%	Declined	15%

“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 Shawnee, OK micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shawnee, 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, Shawnee, OK micropolitan area itself moved −1.7 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

73,463 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

26,927 households (±255)

Shawnee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%5,155
$25k–50k23%6,067
$50k–75k18%4,837

Homes

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

Owners and renters

26,927 households (±255)

Shawnee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%18,954
Rent30%7,973

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

29,734 workers (±674)

Shawnee, OK micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%23,393
Carpool9.5%2,825
Public transit0.0%†3

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 Shawnee, 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.

Shawnee, OK has 1,253 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248), with 16,706 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,625. The Census Bureau also counts 5,000 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,253; 5,000 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248
Paid employees: 16,706
Average annual pay: $43,625; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	113	15.3	0.83×About typical	2,493	$19,583	26
Ambulatory health care services	107	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	921	$60,544	167
Specialty trade contractors	74	10	0.65×Fewer than typical	427	$84,932	608
Religious organizations	63	8.5	1.54×More than typical	377	$16,329	—
Limited-service restaurants	55	7.4	0.93×About typical	1,406	$16,842	12
Lessors of real estate	45	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	110	$38,836	342
Building equipment contractors	43	5.8	0.97×About typical	178	$53,725	122
Full-service restaurants	41	5.6	0.72×Fewer than typical	992	$23,198	5
Insurance agencies and brokerages	39	5.3	1.20×About typical	128	$47,875	64
Offices of other health practitioners	32	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	210	$40,848	77
Gasoline stations	30	4.1	1.25×More than typical	224	$24,817	—
General merchandise stores	30	4.1	2.30×More than typical	763	$26,425	39

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 73,851 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 $5.9M on contracts performed in Shawnee, OK micropolitan area: $78.93 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $5.9M; −48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $78.93; US $1,995
Sole-source: 26%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.5%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$2.9M49%
Indian Health Service$836.7K

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 $546.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Shawnee, OK micropolitan area: $7,271 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $546.1M; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,271; US $12,957
Loan face value: $37.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$261.6M48%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$87.3M16%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$54.2M9.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$32.3M5.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$17.5M3.2%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$16.7M3.1%
20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$13.9M2.6%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$13.1M2.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION$25M4.6%
SHAWNEE, OK
ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA$24.3M4.5%
SHAWNEE, OK
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$11.9M2.2%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
VARIETY CARE, INC.$9.1M1.7%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF SHAWNEE$6.4M

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$365.7M67%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$97.7M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$35.3M6.5%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$23.1M4.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

Assistance by fiscal year

828.9MFY2021
538.1MFY2022
579.3MFY2023
576.9MFY2024
648.5MFY2025
546.1MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Shawnee, 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.

Pottawatomie CountyCentral county1975,102

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ShawneePrincipal city31,671

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

Improved13

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Shawnee, 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

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Shawnee, 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

Declined8

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

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards