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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-DENNIS-OK · Dennis, OK 206 pop · income 53rd pct
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 Dennis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Dennis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tamaha · lowest
29,592
Tamaha · lowest
29,592 median HH income
27.1% of the leader · rank #1
Hidden Valley… · near
72,365
Hidden Valley… · near
72,365 median HH income
66.3% of the leader · rank #2
Dennis · this city
72,375
Dennis · this city
72,375 median HH income
66.4% of the leader · rank #3
Upper Sandusky · near
72,379
Upper Sandusky · near
72,379 median HH income
66.4% of the leader · rank #4
Portland · near
72,380
Portland · near
72,380 median HH income
66.4% of the leader · rank #5
Le Mars · near
72,381
Le Mars · near
72,381 median HH income
66.4% of the leader · rank #6
New Lebanon · highest
109,076
New Lebanon · highest
109,076 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Dennis on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 206.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Dennis places in the 53rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
53rd
percentile, household income
14th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Dennis, OK
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 206 residents in Dennis, a small town within Oklahoma. Households in Dennis report a median income of $72,375 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.5%. The median resident age is 62.0 years. 42.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 29.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oklahoma run around $205, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Dennis'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Dennis, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Dennis?
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 61.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Dennis?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Dry Creek (207 residents, $32,031 income); Millerton (207 residents, $39,861 income); Tamaha (205 residents, $29,592 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harding-Birch Lakes, AK (206 residents); Center Ridge, AR (206 residents); Silver Plume, CO (206 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.
Above median income · poverty 18.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
C
City profile score · Dennis, OK
58/100
4 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.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$72,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
18.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Dennis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.5%
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,375
Poverty rate: 16/100 (F) · 18.5%
How does Dennis compare to other US cities?
Dennis measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income53% higher than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Dennis 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 Dennis near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Dennis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Dennis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#116 of 639
82nd percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#173 of 671
74th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#25 of 671
96th 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
53rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$72,375Dennis, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Dennis, 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 Dennis, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
206
Median Income
$72,375
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
62.0
Poverty Rate
18.5%
Labor force participation
29.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.4%
Carpool
38.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 57 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 Dennis. 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 Dennis 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 Dennis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Dennis 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, 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.