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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-WELTY-OK · Welty, OK 158 pop · income 69th 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 Welty
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Welty on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Davidson · lowest
34,583
Davidson · lowest
34,583 median HH income
39.5% of the leader · rank #1
Welty · this city
87,500
Welty · this city
87,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Frontenac · highest
87,500
Frontenac · highest
87,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Le Roy · near
87,500
Le Roy · near
87,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Reynolds · near
87,500
Reynolds · near
87,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Nichols · near
87,500
Nichols · near
87,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Maple Hill · near
87,500
Maple Hill · near
87,500 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 Welty 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: 158.
Nationally, Welty sits in the 69th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
69th
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: Welty, OK
Oklahoma's Welty is a small town, with 158 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Welty brings in $87,500 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.3%. The median resident age is 36.2 years. Educational attainment runs 3.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 49.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Oklahoma's average monthly utility costs around $205 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Welty'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 Welty, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history; 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 Welty?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.2%. 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 Welty?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Caney (158 residents, $40,625 income); Indianola (158 residents, $38,333 income); Rose (158 residents, $61,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Daphnedale Park, CA (158 residents); Pine Island, FL (158 residents); Alston, GA (158 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 7.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
C
City profile score · Welty, OK
57/100
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 B-
$87,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
3.2%
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).
Welty profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Household income: 67/100 (B-) · $87,500
Poverty rate: 51/100 (C-) · 7.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 3.2%
How does Welty compare to other US cities?
Where Welty sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income69% 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 Welty 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 Welty near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Welty ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Welty only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#49 of 639
92nd percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#488 of 671
27th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#640 of 671
4th 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
69th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$87,500Welty, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Welty, 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 Welty, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)3.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
158
Median Income
$87,500
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
7.3%
Labor force participation
49.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
3.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
88.2%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.9%
Based on 51 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 Welty. 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 Welty 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 Welty sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Welty 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.