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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-VINITA-OK · Vinita, OK 5,229 pop · income 9th 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 Vinita
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Vinita on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hugo · lowest
31,694
Hugo · lowest
31,694 median HH income
14.0% of the leader · rank #1
Crescent City · near
41,131
Crescent City · near
41,131 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #2
Republic · near
41,136
Republic · near
41,136 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #3
Centerville · near
41,136
Centerville · near
41,136 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #4
Vinita · this city
41,140
Vinita · this city
41,140 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #5
Wilseyville · near
41,141
Wilseyville · near
41,141 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #6
El Granada · highest
226,384
El Granada · highest
226,384 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 Vinita 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: 5,229.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Vinita - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Vinita places in the 9th percentile for household income and the 30th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
9th
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
30th
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: Vinita, OK
Oklahoma's Vinita is a small town, with 5,229 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $41,140 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 22.3%. Home values in Vinita run a median of $92,200, and the median resident age is 38.0 years. About 12.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 49.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 11 residential building permits were authorized in Vinita (Low Activity), per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2075.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, near 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: the state registers 87.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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. Commute times here average 14.8 minutes, with 76.9% driving alone and 7.5% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Vinita'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 housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to reported crime to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Vinita, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Vinita?
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 76.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 14.8 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Vinita?
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 22.3%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Vinita?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Sayre (5,216 residents, $41,813 income); Hugo (5,184 residents, $31,694 income); Lone Grove (5,070 residents, $71,787 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tillamook, OR (5,229 residents); Titusville, PA (5,230 residents); Redland, AL (5,231 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.
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.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Vinita?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 12.3% 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
4
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%
Poverty estimate
22.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Vinita?
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 2075.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 9% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1906.9
Violent rate
168.3
Total reported rate
2075.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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 +131 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 11 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
+2.5%
2025 estimate
5,424
2020 estimate
5,293
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 22.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
F
City profile score · Vinita, OK
35/100
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.
Violent crime C-
168 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
22.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$41,140
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Vinita profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Violent crime: 54/100 (C-) · 168 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 13/100 (F) · 12.3%
Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) · 22.3%
Household income: 8/100 (F) · $41,140
Where Vinita sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Vinita'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 - Vinita highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Vinita, OK (this city): home $92,200, crime 2,075/100k
Tillamook, OR : home $272,300, crime 2,718/100k
Titusville, PA : home $79,400, crime 585/100k
Sayre, OK : home $77,800, crime 772/100k
Hugo, OK : home $96,100, crime 2,481/100k
Lone Grove, OK : home $184,400, crime 1,123/100k
Alva, OK : home $132,500, crime 845/100k
Kingfisher, OK : home $219,400, crime 2,215/100k
Verdigris, OK : home $215,400, crime 510/100k
How does Vinita compare to other US cities?
Where Vinita sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income9% higher than other cities
Home value7% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety30% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Oklahoma alone, Vinita ranks #135 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Vinita 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 Vinita near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Vinita ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Vinita only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#493 of 639
23rd percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#387 of 628
38th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#111 of 671
83rd percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#401 of 671
40th 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
9th percentile nationally for median household income · 30th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Vinita's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Vinita'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 Vinita's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$92,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 93% 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
Vinita's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,665 of 15,516
More affordable than 83% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,482 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Vinita sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,665 of 15,516 and #2,482 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
$41,140Vinita, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Vinita, 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 Vinita, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)22.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,229
Median Income
$41,140
Median Home Value
$92,200
Median Age
38.0
Poverty Rate
22.3%
Labor force participation
49.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2075.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
168.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1906.9
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
Vinita's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,293 residents
2021
5,311 residents
2022
5,285 residents
2023
5,398 residents
2024
5,404 residents
2025
5,424 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
11
housing units authorized
Single-Family
11
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
5
5
0
$1.0M
2021
7
7
0
$14.0M
2022
8
8
0
$1.0M
2023
11
11
0
$3.2M
2024
11
11
0
$3.3M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
14.8 minutes
Drive Alone
76.9%
Carpool
15.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.5%
Based on 2,007 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 Vinita. 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 Vinita 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 Vinita sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Vinita 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.