City safety & data profile

OkmulgeeOK

Okmulgee, OK is a 12K-resident city in Okmulgee County with a median household income of $41,848.

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Okmulgee, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Okmulgee has a population larger than 14% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $98,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 15%
By size
$41,848
Median income (place)
$98,400
Median home (place)
20.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Okmulgee

Okmulgee posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Okmulgee area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Okmulgee

Where Okmulgee income ranks nationally

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

$41,848 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Okmulgee $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 Okmulgee, OK beyond the headline numbers

Okmulgee sits inside Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at roughly 35.62°N, -95.96°W. Population 12,244, $41,848 median household income. Median home value $98,400, median rent $837. Poverty rate 20.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Okmulgee, 0 with an ER.

20.6% of Okmulgee, 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 Okmulgee runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.1% of Okmulgee 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, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.2% in Okmulgee, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee 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)
12,244
Okmulgee · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$41,848
-53% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$98,400
-76% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Okmulgee County): Okmulgee'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
37K-7%
Median Income
$54,029+38%
Median Home Value
$121,200+57%
Poverty Rate
18%-8%
Unemployment
7.2%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Okmulgee, OK
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$837/mo
Poverty Rate
20.6% +66% vs avg
Unemployment 8.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 14.3%
Work From Home 4.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 53.8%
African American 14.2%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 27.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
47.1%
High Blood Pressure
46%
Physical Inactivity
40.6%
Short Sleep Duration
40.5%
Current Smoking
21.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.7%
Diabetes
17.3%
Current Asthma
13.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 47%
Annual Checkup 78.8%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
12%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.2%
Stroke
5.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Okmulgee?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OK-OKMULGEE · Okmulgee

Okmulgee: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Okmulgee

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Okmulgee.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Okmulgee; 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 (1 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 Okmulgee, OK?
Okmulgee, OK has a population of 12,244 people, located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Okmulgee?
The median household income in Okmulgee, OK is $41,848 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.6%.
What is the median home value in Okmulgee?
The median home value in Okmulgee, OK is $98,400. Median rent is $837/month.
What are the top health concerns in Okmulgee?
The top health indicators in Okmulgee include Obesity (47.1%), High Blood Pressure (46%), Physical Inactivity (40.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Okmulgee?
Okmulgee has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Okmulgee?
The median age in Okmulgee, OK is 37.4 years. 14.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OK (20.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OK ($41,848 here).

Compare Okmulgee with another city

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Using Okmulgee'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 Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee 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 (Okmulgee 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.