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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-CHECOTAH-OK · Checotah, OK 3,057 pop · income 6th pct · 8 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Checotah
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Checotah on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Okemah · lowest
32,232
Okemah · lowest
32,232 median HH income
38.0% of the leader · rank #1
Bitter Springs · near
37,115
Bitter Springs · near
37,115 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #2
Checotah · this city
37,125
Checotah · this city
37,125 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #3
Fair Play · near
37,125
Fair Play · near
37,125 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #4
Walstonburg · near
37,125
Walstonburg · near
37,125 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #5
Cheriton · near
37,125
Cheriton · near
37,125 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #6
Biscayne Park · highest
84,750
Biscayne Park · highest
84,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Checotah on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,057.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Checotah - the verdict
Checotah ranks in the 6th percentile for household income and the 35th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
6th
percentile, household income
14th
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
35th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Checotah, OK
Oklahoma's Checotah is a small town, with 3,057 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Checotah brings in $37,125 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 10.6%. Checotah's housing stock carries a median value of $111,100, and the median resident age is 44.9 years. About 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 43.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 8 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 167% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1900.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Oklahoma run below the national norm: the state registers 87.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $995 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oklahoma's average monthly utility costs around $205 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Checotah's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to schools and households to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Checotah, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Checotah?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1900.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 17% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
What does the journey to work look like in Checotah?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Checotah?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Okemah (3,058 residents, $32,232 income); Cache (3,045 residents, $61,554 income); Park Hill (3,092 residents, $49,583 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lakeview Estates, GA (3,057 residents); Unadilla, GA (3,057 residents); Maugansville, MD (3,057 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Checotah?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 9.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
4
Bachelor's degree+
9.1%
Poverty estimate
10.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Checotah?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$37,125
Home value
$111,100
Value / income
3.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Checotah growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +78 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 8 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+2.6%
2025 estimate
3,096
2020 estimate
3,018
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 10.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
F
City profile score · Checotah, OK
37/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
87.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime D
193 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
10.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$37,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Checotah profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Violent crime: 49/100 (D) · 193 /100k
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 4/100 (F) · 9.1%
Household income: 3/100 (F) · $37,125
Where Checotah sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Checotah's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Checotah highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Checotah, OK (this city): home $111,100, crime 1,901/100k
Beulah, ND : home $194,300, crime 628/100k
Upland, PA : home $173,300, crime 2,246/100k
Okemah, OK : home $65,000, crime 3,280/100k
Cache, OK : home $159,700, crime 969/100k
Tonkawa, OK : home $83,000, crime 1,939/100k
Tishomingo, OK : home $110,600, crime 2,131/100k
Wewoka, OK : home $63,600, crime 1,043/100k
How does Checotah compare to other US cities?
Where Checotah sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% higher than other cities
Home value14% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety35% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Oklahoma alone, Checotah ranks #122 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Checotah against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oklahoma only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oklahoma-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Checotah near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Checotah ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Checotah only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#553 of 639
13th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#283 of 628
55th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#404 of 671
39th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#497 of 671
26th percentile in Oklahoma
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oklahoma only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
6th percentile nationally for median household income · 35th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Checotah's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Checotah's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Checotah's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$111,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 86% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Checotah's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,639 of 15,516
More affordable than 57% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,628 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Checotah sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,639 of 15,516 and #5,628 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$37,125Checotah, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Checotah, OK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Checotah, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,057
Median Income
$37,125
Median Home Value
$111,100
Median Age
44.9
Poverty Rate
10.6%
Labor force participation
43.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1900.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
193.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1707.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Checotah's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,018 residents
2021
3,055 residents
2022
3,068 residents
2023
3,094 residents
2024
3,092 residents
2025
3,096 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
8
housing units authorized
Single-Family
6
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$0.5M
2020
3
3
0
$0.5M
2021
4
4
0
$0.6M
2022
1
1
0
$0.3M
2023
3
3
0
$0.4M
2024
8
6
2
$1.3M
Permit volume increased 167% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.8%
Carpool
4.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.7%
Work from Home
9.8%
Other
1.7%
Based on 1,097 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oklahoma statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $205
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oklahoma at $205 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Oklahoma statewide averages, not a meter reading for Checotah. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oklahoma's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Checotah is $995/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oklahoma statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oklahoma statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Checotah sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Checotah compares to similar-size Oklahoma cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.