City safety & data profile

MustangOK

Mustang, OK is a 20K-resident city in Canadian County with a median household income of $87,844.

Canadian County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mustang, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mustang has a population larger than 45% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $239,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 46%
By size
$87,844
Median income (place)
$239,200
Median home (place)
8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mustang

Mustang posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 42%
by median income, US cities

Where Mustang income ranks nationally

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

$87,844 Top 42% higher than 58% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mustang $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 Mustang, OK beyond the headline numbers

Mustang sits inside Canadian County, Oklahoma, at roughly 35.38°N, -97.72°W. Population 20,226, $87,844 median household income. Median home value $239,200, median rent $1,287. Poverty rate 8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8%, poverty in Mustang, OK runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Mustang runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

13.1% of Mustang workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 37.2% in Mustang, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Mustang workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mustang 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)
20,226
Mustang · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$87,844
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$239,200
-42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Canadian County): Mustang'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
169K+41%
Median Income
$87,751+38%
Median Home Value
$246,200+77%
Poverty Rate
8%+14%
Unemployment
4.4%-15%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mustang, OK
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,287/mo
Poverty Rate
8% -35% vs avg
Unemployment 5.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.1%
Work From Home 13.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 75%
African American 3.7%
Asian 1.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.6%
High Blood Pressure
37.2%
Short Sleep Duration
35.7%
Physical Inactivity
26.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
16.2%
Current Smoking
13.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.9%
Current Asthma
11%
Diabetes
10.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.4%
Annual Checkup 78.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Mustang?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OK-MUSTANG · Mustang

Mustang: 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 Mustang; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oklahoma state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Mustang, OK?
Mustang, OK has a population of 20,226 people, located in Canadian County, Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Mustang?
The median household income in Mustang, OK is $87,844 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8%.
What is the median home value in Mustang?
The median home value in Mustang, OK is $239,200. Median rent is $1,287/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mustang?
The top health indicators in Mustang include Obesity (38.6%), High Blood Pressure (37.2%), Short Sleep Duration (35.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Mustang?
The median age in Mustang, OK is 39.1 years. 27.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OK (8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OK ($87,844 here).

Compare Mustang 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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Mustang'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 Mustang 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 Mustang 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 (Canadian 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.