Garfield County, Oklahoma

Garfield County has a population of 62,146 and has shrunk 1.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $160,100, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $66,182.

Home price
$160,100
Income
$66,182
Population
62,146
Unemployment
4.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$160,100county
Median gross rent$919county
Median year homes here were built1970county
Share of homes built before 198067.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,266county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,027county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$799county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,336county
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$66,182county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate12.5%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 home4.6%county
Unemployment rate4.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.2%county
Share of workers employed by government15.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.6%county
Economic output per resident$62,684county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.87%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 time17.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service47 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport34729county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station68 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths33.8county
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 higher23.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.1%county
Public schools in the county33county
Public school enrollment10724county
Students per full-time teacher16.3county
Free lunch eligible71.9%county
Elementary schools19county
Middle schools5county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution47 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians42county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.3%county
Frequent mental distress19.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.7%county

Place

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

Population62,146county
Land area in square miles1,059county
People per square mile of land58.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores9county
Convenience stores7county
Share living far from a food store7.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-1.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age36.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.7%county
Share of households that are one person30.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.3%county
Second languages13.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls63.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents173county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in1,491county
Households that moved away1,629county
Average income of arriving households$50,697county
Average income of departing households$53,002county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year20county
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 temperature60.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.3 incounty
Annual snowfall6.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.69 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F71 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing79 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days209 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 8county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh11.8¢county
Household electricity use1,064 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas60.5%county
Homes heated by propane6.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband87.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk67.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk85.5county
Landslide risk41.5county
Hail risk93.2county
Earthquake risk58.0county
Tornado risk92.2county
Tropical cyclone risk28.9county
Extreme heat risk86.4county
Winter weather risk74.5county
Strong wind risk76.8county
Wildfire risk53.6county

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 Garfield 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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