Payne County, Oklahoma

Payne County has a population of 82,972 and has grown 2.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $223,300, about 4.5 times the county's median household income of $49,809.

Home price
$223,300
Income
$49,809
Population
82,972
Unemployment
5.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$223,300county
Median gross rent$917county
Median year homes here were built1984county
Share of homes built before 198044.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented49.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,401county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,035county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$847county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,439county
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$49,809county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate22.6%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 home8.8%county
Unemployment rate5.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government28.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry36.6%county
Economic output per resident$53,988county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.85%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 time18.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport34729county
Miles to nearest general aviation field16 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station52 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.9%county
Traffic deaths41.0county
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 higher39.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.6%county
Public schools in the county26county
Public school enrollment10609county
Students per full-time teacher15.7county
Free lunch eligible52.1%county
Elementary schools14county
Middle schools5county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians46county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.0%county
Frequent mental distress21.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.0%county

Place

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

Population82,972county
Land area in square miles685county
People per square mile of land121.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store18.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.4%county
Population change since 2020+2.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents6county
Median age27.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.2%county
Share of households that are one person36.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.3%county
Second languages8.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents147county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in2,532county
Households that moved away2,695county
Average income of arriving households$46,303county
Average income of departing households$48,514county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year217county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings36.9%county
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature61.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.8 incounty
Annual snowfall5.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.63 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F65 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing66 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days207 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 8county
Average first fall frostNov 1county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$145county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.2¢county
Household electricity use1,183 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity47.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas44.3%county
Homes heated by propane6.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband87.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk67.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk71.8county
Landslide risk61.7county
Hail risk96.4county
Earthquake risk58.3county
Tornado risk94.7county
Tropical cyclone risk30.5county
Extreme heat risk86.7county
Winter weather risk83.0county
Strong wind risk81.0county
Wildfire risk89.6county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Payne 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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