Comanche County, Oklahoma

Comanche County has a population of 121,825 and has grown 0.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $163,800, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $60,761.

Home price
$163,800
Income
$60,761
Population
121,825
Unemployment
7.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$163,800county
Median gross rent$970county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198056.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented44.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,110county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,001county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$784county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,392county
Home insurance / yr$5,010(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living86(statewide)
Median household income$60,761county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate18.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home10.3%county
Unemployment rate7.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government25.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.0%county
Economic output per resident$57,126county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.88%county
Top state income tax4.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.06%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time18.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport45031county
Miles to nearest general aviation field18 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station66 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.2%county
Traffic deaths16.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-6.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher24.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.0%county
Public schools in the county44county
Public school enrollment20786county
Students per full-time teacher16.5county
Free lunch eligible67.0%county
Elementary schools26county
Middle schools7county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians71county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.4%county
Frequent mental distress20.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population121,825county
Land area in square miles1,069county
People per square mile of land114.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores9county
Share living far from a food store15.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract14.6%county
Population change since 2020+0.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age34.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.8%county
Share of households that are one person31.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.8%county
Second languages11.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls60.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents171county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in3,982county
Households that moved away4,273county
Average income of arriving households$47,226county
Average income of departing households$51,926county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year200county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.0%county
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature63.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation34.9 incounty
Annual snowfall2.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.84 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F87 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing65 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days227 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 28county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$132county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,102 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity54.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas39.7%county
Homes heated by propane3.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband90.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk83.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk73.5county
Landslide risk71.9county
Hail risk93.6county
Earthquake risk83.7county
Tornado risk95.5county
Tropical cyclone risk45.1county
Extreme heat risk77.5county
Winter weather risk89.9county
Strong wind risk97.4county
Wildfire risk92.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Comanche County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Oklahoma figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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