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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-CLEVELAND-OK · Cleveland, OK 3,208 pop · income 24th pct · 5 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 Cleveland
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cleveland on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hominy · lowest
34,928
Hominy · lowest
34,928 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #1
Cleveland · this city
53,125
Cleveland · this city
53,125 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #2
Ninilchik · near
53,125
Ninilchik · near
53,125 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #3
Subiaco · near
53,125
Subiaco · near
53,125 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #4
Eckley · near
53,125
Eckley · near
53,125 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #5
Campbellton · near
53,125
Campbellton · near
53,125 median HH income
48.4% of the leader · rank #6
Lodi · highest
109,821
Lodi · highest
109,821 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 Cleveland 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: 3,208.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Cleveland - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cleveland places in the 24th percentile for household income and the 28th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
24th
percentile, household income
15th
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
28th
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: Cleveland, OK
3,208 people live in Cleveland, Oklahoma - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Cleveland report a median income of $53,125 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 18.0%. Home values in Cleveland run a median of $113,200, and the median resident age is 37.8 years. 18.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Cleveland (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2167.2 incidents per 100,000 residents, near the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Oklahoma run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Oklahoma at 87.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $995 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oklahoma's average monthly utility costs around $205 (state average). The average commute for Cleveland workers runs 23.3 minutes, with 79.2% driving alone and 2.7% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cleveland'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 population change to within-city variation to reported crime to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cleveland, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
Is Cleveland growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +69 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Cleveland?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2167.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 5% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cleveland?
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.
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Perkins (3,229 residents, $43,913 income); Mannford (3,278 residents, $59,831 income); Muldrow (3,292 residents, $46,667 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mount Shasta, CA (3,208 residents); Morganfield, KY (3,208 residents); Cassville, MO (3,208 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.
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.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Cleveland?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.3 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
79.2%
Work from home
2.7%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,364 workers age 16+.
How far does income reach against housing in Cleveland?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.1×
Home value
$113,200
Household income
$53,125
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the education layer cover for Cleveland?
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.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 18.7% 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.
Poverty estimate
18.0%
Bachelor's degree+
18.7%
Matched public schools
4
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
341 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$53,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
18.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cleveland profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 31/100 (F) · 18.7%
Violent crime: 27/100 (F) · 341 /100k
Household income: 24/100 (F) · $53,125
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.0%
Where Cleveland sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Cleveland'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 - Cleveland highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Cleveland, OK (this city): home $113,200, crime 2,167/100k
Mount Shasta, CA : home $283,100, crime 1,137/100k
Morganfield, KY : home $116,100, crime 805/100k
Perkins, OK : home $169,700, crime 1,034/100k
Mannford, OK : home $165,900, crime 387/100k
Muldrow, OK : home $108,700, crime 2,822/100k
Hominy, OK : home $74,800, crime 2,205/100k
Wewoka, OK : home $63,600, crime 1,043/100k
How does Cleveland compare to other US cities?
Where Cleveland sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income24% higher than other cities
Home value15% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety28% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Oklahoma, Cleveland ranks #143 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cleveland 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 Cleveland near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cleveland ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cleveland only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#310 of 639
51st percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#268 of 628
57th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#195 of 671
71st percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#227 of 671
66th 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
24th percentile nationally for median household income · 28th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Cleveland's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Cleveland'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 Cleveland's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$113,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 85% 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
Cleveland's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,138 of 15,516
More affordable than 86% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,023 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.1×, Cleveland sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,138 of 15,516 and #2,023 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
$53,125Cleveland, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,208
Median Income
$53,125
Median Home Value
$113,200
Median Age
37.8
Poverty Rate
18.0%
Labor force participation
54.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2167.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
340.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1826.6
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
Cleveland's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,202 residents
2021
3,227 residents
2022
3,207 residents
2023
3,233 residents
2024
3,257 residents
2025
3,271 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.2M
2020
3
3
0
$0.7M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.3 minutes
Drive Alone
79.2%
Carpool
12.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.7%
Work from Home
2.7%
Other
1.2%
Based on 1,364 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 Cleveland. 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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cleveland 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.