City safety & data profile
McAlesterOK
McAlester, OK is a 18K-resident city in Pittsburg County with a median household income of $51,930.
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for McAlester, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. McAlester has a population larger than 39% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $151,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 18K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 40%
- By size
- $51,930
- Median income (place)
- $151,600
- Median home (place)
- 19.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on McAlester
McAlester posts a median household income higher than 11% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the McAlester area.
- Bottom 12%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near McAlester
Where McAlester income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$51,930 Bottom 11% higher than 11% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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.
- Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK
681,054 residents
- Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
413,066 residents
- Norman 128,026
Norman, OK
128,026 residents
- Broken Arrow 106,563
Broken Arrow, OK
106,563 residents
- Lawton 96,655
Lawton, OK
96,655 residents
- Edmond 90,092
Edmond, OK
90,092 residents
- Moore 60,451
Moore, OK
60,451 residents
- Midwest City 57,249
Midwest City, OK
57,249 residents
- Enid 51,776
Enid, OK
51,776 residents
- Stillwater 48,967
Stillwater, OK
48,967 residents
What this shows Oklahoma City is the largest OK city on this list; Jenks leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OK
Median household income among the same 43-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Jenks
Jenks, OK
$111,004 median
- Bixby
Bixby, OK
$104,404 median
- Edmond
Edmond, OK
$103,183 median
- Choctaw
Choctaw, OK
$100,574 median
- Mustang
Mustang, OK
$87,844 median
- Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow, OK
$86,765 median
- Moore
Moore, OK
$80,420 median
- Glenpool
Glenpool, OK
$79,525 median
- Owasso
Owasso, OK
$79,036 median
- Sand Springs
Sand Springs, OK
$75,645 median
What this shows Jenks posts the highest place-level median income in OK; Oklahoma City is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading McAlester, OK beyond the headline numbers
McAlester sits inside Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, at roughly 34.93°N, -95.77°W. Population 18,310, $51,930 median household income. Median home value $151,600, median rent $915. Poverty rate 19.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around McAlester, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
19.7% of McAlester, OK residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in McAlester runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 6.4% of McAlester 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 smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.7% in McAlester, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for McAlester 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Pittsburg County): McAlester'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 19.7% +59% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21% |
| Work From Home | 6.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.2% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 total
What alerts and safety updates affect McAlester?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for McAlester right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OK-MCALESTER · McAlester
McAlester: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to McAlester; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oklahoma state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for McAlester, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OK (19.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OK ($51,930 here).
Compare McAlester with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using McAlester'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 McAlester 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 McAlester 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 (Pittsburg 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.