City safety & data profile

AdaOK

Ada, OK is a 17K-resident city in Pontotoc County with a median household income of $53,507.

Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ada, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ada has a population larger than 36% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $169,300, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 37%
By size
$53,507
Median income (place)
$169,300
Median home (place)
16.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Ada

Ada posts a median household income higher than 13% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Ada area.

Bottom 14%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Ada

Where Ada income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$53,507 Bottom 13% higher than 13% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ada $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OK

Population among 43 OK places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Oklahoma City is the largest OK city on this list; Jenks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OK

Median household income among the same 43-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Jenks posts the highest place-level median income in OK; Oklahoma City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ada, OK beyond the headline numbers

Ada sits inside Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, at roughly 34.77°N, -96.68°W. Population 17,303, $53,507 median household income. Median home value $169,300, median rent $894. Poverty rate 16.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Ada, 4.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

Poverty in Ada, OK stands at 16.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Ada costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 4.4% of Ada workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in Ada, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Ada's median age is 32.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ada from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
17,303
Ada · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$53,507
-40% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$169,300
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pontotoc County): Ada's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
38K+1%
Median Income
$63,017+50%
Median Home Value
$175,400+77%
Poverty Rate
12.6%-33%
Unemployment
3.7%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ada, OK
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$894/mo
Poverty Rate
16.1% +30% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.6%
Work From Home 4.4%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 59%
African American 5.2%
Asian 1.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 26.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.9%
High Blood Pressure
38.5%
Short Sleep Duration
37.2%
Physical Inactivity
30.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.3%
Current Smoking
16.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Binge Drinking
14.5%
Current Asthma
12.4%
Diabetes
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.4%
Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.7%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
CHICKASAW NATION MEDICAL CENTER
ADA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
MERCY HOSPITAL ADA
ADA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Ada?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ada right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OK-ADA · Ada

Ada: 532 tagged alerts; lead category Health Canada recall.

  • VOL-HEAVY 532 on record
  • MIX-LED 56% ca-recalls
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · USGS
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Ada

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 532 tagged notices on record for Ada.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ496)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ada; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oklahoma state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (532 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Ada, OK?
Ada, OK has a population of 17,303 people, located in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Ada?
The median household income in Ada, OK is $53,507 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.1%.
What is the median home value in Ada?
The median home value in Ada, OK is $169,300. Median rent is $894/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ada?
The top health indicators in Ada include Obesity (39.9%), High Blood Pressure (38.5%), Short Sleep Duration (37.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Ada?
Ada has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Ada?
The median age in Ada, OK is 32.3 years. 30.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ada, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OK (16.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OK ($53,507 here).

Compare Ada with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Ada's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Ada area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Ada against Oklahoma peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oklahoma

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Pontotoc County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.