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Slick, OK

Slick's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

143
Residents
$19,362
Median income
$115,600
Median home
$995
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet OK-SLICK-OK · Slick, OK 143 pop · income 1st pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-LOW · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 143
  • INC-LOW $19,362
  • COL-BELOW 87.8
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 1st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salinas zona ur…
  • HOME-LOW $115,600
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Salinas zona urbana, PR (+ $43 income $)

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 Slick

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Slick on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Slick 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: 143.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $19,362. Population peers are excluded.

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Slick - the verdict

Slick ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

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15th
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14th
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📝 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: Slick, OK

Slick is a small town in Oklahoma, home to 143 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Slick households earn a median of $19,362 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 68.1%. Home values in Slick run a median of $115,600, and the median resident age is 62.1 years. 4.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 35.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $995 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $205 across Oklahoma, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Slick report an average commute of 21.9 minutes, with 83.7% driving alone and 16.3% 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 Slick'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Slick, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Is Slick growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +10 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.1% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. 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.

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2. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Slick?

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.

Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Bearden (142 residents, $135,125 income); Greenville (142 residents, $65,313 income); Hickory (142 residents, $70,625 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kino Springs, AZ (143 residents); Bridgewater, CT (143 residents); Leonore, IL (143 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.

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3. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Slick?

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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 68.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Question 4

What does the journey to work look like in Slick?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.9 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

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Population

143 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$19,362 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 68.1% (Highest-decile poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

87.8 (US=100)

Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average

City profile score · Slick, OK

24/100

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.

Household income F
$19,362

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
68.1%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
4.2%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Slick profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Household income, Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share. Cost of livingHousehold incomePoverty rateBachelor's+ share 24 F
Slick profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
  • Household income: 0/100 (F) · $19,362
  • Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 68.1%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.2%

How does Slick compare to other US cities?

Slick measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 1% higher than other cities
Home value 15% pricier than other cities
Median rent 14% 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 Slick 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 Slick near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities

Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Slick ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Slick only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#639 of 639
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#258 of 628
59th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#2 of 671
100th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#624 of 671
7th 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.

1stIncome percentile
Gauge source note

1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Slick's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$115,600 Among the most affordable more affordable than 85% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). This entry sits in this band. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Slick $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Slick's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.0×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,077 of 15,516
More affordable than 9% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,449 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 6.0×, Slick sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,077 of 15,516 and #10,449 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

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

$19,362 Slick, OK median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Slick, OK Slick, OK's median household income ($19,362) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Slick, OK-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Slick, OK median $19,362/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Slick, 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 Slick, OK.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 4.2%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 68.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 35.5%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
143
Median Income
$19,362
Median Home Value
$115,600
Median Age
62.1
Poverty Rate
68.1%
Labor force participation
35.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.2%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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140 residents145 residents150 residents155 residents 202020212022202320242025 141 residents 151 residents ▲ +7.1%
Slick's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 141 residents
2021 143 residents
2022 144 residents
2023 146 residents
2024 148 residents
2025 151 residents

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
21.9 minutes
Drive Alone
83.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.3%

Based on 43 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 Slick. 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 Slick 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 Slick sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Slick 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Slick (this city) 143 $19,362
Bearden 142 $135,125
Greenville 142 $65,313
Hickory 142 $70,625
Primary sources on this page

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.

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