Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Pottawatomie County has a population of 73,463 and has grown 3.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $165,400, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $61,398.

Home price
$165,400
Income
$61,398
Population
73,463
Unemployment
5.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$165,400county
Median gross rent$894county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,149county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$937county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$714county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,257county
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$61,398county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate15.9%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 home8.4%county
Unemployment rate5.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.3%county
Share of workers employed by government23.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.9%county
Economic output per resident$38,409county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.66%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 time24.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service37 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2243575county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.5 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 station29 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.3%county
Traffic deaths43.6county
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 higher20.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.7%county
Public schools in the county40county
Public school enrollment12326county
Students per full-time teacher15.2county
Free lunch eligible65.8%county
Elementary schools21county
Middle schools8county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians30county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.9%county
Frequent mental distress20.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.8%county

Place

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

Population73,463county
Land area in square miles788county
People per square mile of land93.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store5.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.3%county
Population change since 2020+3.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.7%county
Share of households that are one person27.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.1%county
Second languages4.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls60.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents196county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents11county
Households that moved in2,058county
Households that moved away1,821county
Average income of arriving households$51,901county
Average income of departing households$46,452county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year194county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings37.6%county
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature62.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation42.7 incounty
Annual snowfall7.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.64 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F69 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing60 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days221 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 31county
Average first fall frostNov 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$152county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.9¢county
Household electricity use1,262 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity43.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.2%county
Homes heated by propane8.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood1.5%county
Households with broadband87.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk67.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk81.8county
Landslide risk61.1county
Hail risk95.5county
Earthquake risk68.4county
Tornado risk96.6county
Tropical cyclone risk37.7county
Extreme heat risk92.7county
Winter weather risk87.1county
Strong wind risk69.4county
Wildfire risk92.2county

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 Pottawatomie 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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