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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-JENKS-OK · Jenks, OK 26,519 pop · income 80th 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 Jenks
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Jenks on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mansión del M… · lowest
37,256
Mansión del M… · lowest
37,256 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #1
Ogdensburg · near
104,946
Ogdensburg · near
104,946 median HH income
75.1% of the leader · rank #2
Pinehurst · near
104,955
Pinehurst · near
104,955 median HH income
75.1% of the leader · rank #3
Jenks · this city
104,970
Jenks · this city
104,970 median HH income
75.1% of the leader · rank #4
Lee's Summit · near
104,989
Lee's Summit · near
104,989 median HH income
75.1% of the leader · rank #5
Kensington · near
105,000
Kensington · near
105,000 median HH income
75.2% of the leader · rank #6
Paramus · highest
139,707
Paramus · highest
139,707 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 Jenks 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: 26,519.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Jenks - the verdict
Nationally, Jenks sits in the 80th percentile for household income and the 52nd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
80th
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
52nd
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: Jenks, OK
Oklahoma's Jenks is a small city, with 26,519 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Jenks households earn a median of $104,970 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Typical homes in Jenks are valued around $285,600, and the median resident age is 34.5 years. About 48.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 67.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 120 residential building permits were authorized in Jenks (Construction Slowdown), down 34% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Jenks reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1304.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, below 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: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Oklahoma scores 87.8 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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 Jenks'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 housing and income to reported crime to work and mobility to population change 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 Jenks, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Jenks?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Jenks?
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 1304.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 43% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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 77.1%. 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 Jenks?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Yukon (24,802 residents, $76,408 income); Ardmore (24,757 residents, $52,954 income); Ponca City (24,377 residents, $55,270 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tumwater, WA (26,519 residents); Sanger, CA (26,515 residents); Rosemount, MN (26,509 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.
Population change
Is Jenks 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 +2,072 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 120 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
+7.9%
2025 estimate
28,175
2020 estimate
26,103
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 48.2% 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
5
Bachelor's degree+
48.2%
Poverty estimate
4.8%
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 A-
48.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$104,970
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C
150 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Jenks profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 48.2%
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $104,970
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 150 /100k
Where Jenks sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Jenks'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 - Jenks highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Jenks, OK (this city): home $285,600, crime 1,304/100k
Tumwater, WA : home $438,000, crime 2,274/100k
Sanger, CA : home $346,000, crime 1,558/100k
Rosemount, MN : home $406,100, crime 556/100k
Paramus, NJ : home $736,000, crime 4,928/100k
Marysville, OH : home $271,000, crime 1,181/100k
Yukon, OK : home $185,800, crime 1,355/100k
Ardmore, OK : home $158,800, crime 4,247/100k
Ponca City, OK : home $127,500, crime 3,080/100k
Bixby, OK : home $298,200, crime 857/100k
Duncan, OK : home $125,800, crime 2,425/100k
Sapulpa, OK : home $158,300, crime 1,578/100k
How does Jenks compare to other US cities?
Where Jenks sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income80% higher than other cities
Home value62% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety52% 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, Jenks ranks #81 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 Jenks 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 Jenks near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Jenks ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Jenks only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#22 of 639
97th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#15 of 628
98th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#543 of 671
18th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#16 of 671
98th 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
80th percentile nationally for median household income · 52nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Jenks's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Jenks'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 Jenks's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$285,60038th percentilemore affordable than 38% 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
Jenks's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,136 of 15,516
More affordable than 67% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#568 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.7×, Jenks sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,136 of 15,516 and #568 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$104,970Jenks, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Jenks, 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 Jenks, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
26,519
Median Income
$104,970
Median Home Value
$285,600
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
67.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1304.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
149.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1154.5
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
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Jenks's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
26,103 residents
2021
26,658 residents
2022
27,226 residents
2023
27,695 residents
2024
27,916 residents
2025
28,175 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
120
housing units authorized
Single-Family
120
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
183
183
0
$46.3M
2020
251
251
0
$79.3M
2021
238
238
0
$74.6M
2022
179
179
0
$63.4M
2023
66
66
0
$23.5M
2024
120
120
0
$43.8M
Permit volume decreased 34% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.1%
Carpool
8.5%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
12.5%
Other
1.0%
Based on 12,651 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 Jenks. 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 Jenks 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 Jenks sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Jenks 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.