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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-NICOMA-PARK-OK · Nicoma Park, OK 2,512 pop · income 45th 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 Nicoma Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Nicoma Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Antlers · lowest
33,571
Antlers · lowest
33,571 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #1
Nicoma Park · this city
66,250
Nicoma Park · this city
66,250 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #2
Jasper · near
66,250
Jasper · near
66,250 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #3
Port Alsworth · near
66,250
Port Alsworth · near
66,250 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #4
Arivaca Junct… · near
66,250
Arivaca Junct… · near
66,250 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #5
Chualar · near
66,250
Chualar · near
66,250 median HH income
48.7% of the leader · rank #6
Pelican Marsh · highest
136,141
Pelican Marsh · highest
136,141 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 Nicoma Park 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: 2,512.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Nicoma Park - the verdict
Nicoma Park ranks in the 45th percentile for household income and the 41st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
45th
percentile, household income
25th
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
41st
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: Nicoma Park, OK
2,512 people live in Nicoma Park, Oklahoma - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Nicoma Park report a median income of $66,250 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.1%. Typical homes in Nicoma Park are valued around $145,400, and the median resident age is 35.7 years. 14.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 6 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 20% from five years earlier. Nicoma Park reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1665.9 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures 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. Monthly utility costs average around $205 across Oklahoma, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Nicoma Park'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 comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Nicoma Park, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Nicoma Park?
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 Texanna (2,446 residents, $54,342 income); Hennessey (2,603 residents, $54,185 income); Kiefer (2,418 residents, $81,402 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cricket, NC (2,512 residents); Geistown, PA (2,512 residents); De Leon, TX (2,512 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.
Is Nicoma Park growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -20 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 6 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
How far does income reach against housing in Nicoma Park?
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 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Nicoma Park?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Nicoma Park?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1665.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 27% 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.
Total reported rate
1665.9
Violent rate
306.9
Property rate
1359.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 15.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
D
City profile score · Nicoma Park, OK
44/100
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.
Household income D
$66,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
307 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
15.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Nicoma Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,250
Violent crime: 32/100 (F) · 307 /100k
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 14.8%
Where Nicoma Park sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Nicoma Park'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 - Nicoma Park highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Nicoma Park, OK (this city): home $145,400, crime 1,666/100k
Geistown, PA : home $148,700, crime 525/100k
Le Center, MN : home $189,800, crime 119/100k
Hennessey, OK : home $165,900, crime 275/100k
Kiefer, OK : home $207,200, crime 702/100k
Watonga, OK : home $101,900, crime 1,356/100k
Healdton, OK : home $58,800, crime 977/100k
Antlers, OK : home $95,800, crime 3,249/100k
How does Nicoma Park compare to other US cities?
Nicoma Park measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income45% higher than other cities
Home value25% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety41% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Oklahoma and the picture shifts: Nicoma Park ranks #108 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Nicoma Park 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 Nicoma Park near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Nicoma Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Nicoma Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#151 of 639
76th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#177 of 628
72nd percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#262 of 671
61st percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#315 of 671
52nd 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income · 41st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Nicoma Park's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Nicoma Park'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 Nicoma Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$145,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 75% 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
Nicoma Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,431 of 15,516
More affordable than 84% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,283 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Nicoma Park sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,431 of 15,516 and #2,283 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
$66,250Nicoma Park, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Nicoma Park, 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 Nicoma Park, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,512
Median Income
$66,250
Median Home Value
$145,400
Median Age
35.7
Poverty Rate
15.1%
Labor force participation
59.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1665.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
306.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1359.1
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Nicoma Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,314 residents
2021
2,303 residents
2022
2,304 residents
2023
2,298 residents
2024
2,297 residents
2025
2,294 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
6
housing units authorized
Single-Family
6
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
5
5
0
$0.3M
2020
2
2
0
$0.1M
2021
5
5
0
$1.0M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
6
6
0
$1.7M
Permit volume increased 20% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.3%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
6.1%
Based on 1,050 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 Nicoma Park. 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 Nicoma Park 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 Nicoma Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Nicoma Park 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, 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.