Cotton County, Oklahoma

Cotton County has a population of 5,485 and has shrunk 1.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $113,900, about 1.9 times the county's median household income of $58,425.

Home price
$113,900
Income
$58,425
Population
5,485
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$113,900county
Median gross rent$772county
Median year homes here were built1971county
Share of homes built before 198067.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant24.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,335(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$962county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$733county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,153county
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$58,425county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate20.5%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 home3.5%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed11.0%county
Share of workers employed by government21.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.8%county
Economic output per resident$38,048county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.74%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 time27.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport45031county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station70 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.2%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher23.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.3%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment969county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible66.5%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year19.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.3%county
Frequent mental distress19.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity35.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.1%county

Place

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

Population5,485county
Land area in square miles633county
People per square mile of land8.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store8.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-1.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age41.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.0%county
Share of households that are one person30.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages3.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls83.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents434county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in128county
Households that moved away135county
Average income of arriving households$45,867county
Average income of departing households$37,667county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings25.1%(statewide)
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature64.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation37.2 incounty
Annual snowfall4.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.87 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F103 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing58 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days232 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 23county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$144county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,177 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity55.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas31.9%county
Homes heated by propane8.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband85.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk6.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk73.6county
Landslide risk20.7county
Hail risk24.0county
Earthquake risk29.8county
Tornado risk28.3county
Tropical cyclone risk21.9county
Extreme heat risk33.6county
Winter weather risk17.5county
Strong wind risk31.6county
Wildfire risk67.0county

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 Cotton 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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