Weatherford, OK

Micro Area Profile

39,074 residents. Jobs, income, development, climate and physical risk across the Weatherford, OK micropolitan area.

58out of 100
Area Score
Top 47% of 834 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 9 sources
Opportunity432nd of 835 metro and micro areas measured50
SchoolsTop 16% of 695 metro and micro areas measured76
Growth538th of 834 metro and micro areas measured42
Housing affordabilityTop 36% of 835 metro and micro areas measured76
Climate579th of 835 metro and micro areas measured61
Physical resilience552nd of 835 metro and micro areas measured43
AccessTop 15% of 835 metro and micro areas measured96
Economic stability492nd of 835 metro and micro areas measured43
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.8% and median household income $60,977, putting employment conditions in the middle range of metro and micro areas measured.

Public schools test above most of the state: 37% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 16% of published profiles for schools.

Rent takes 28% of renter income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 2.0 times what its owners earn.

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At a glance

Population
39,074
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$60,977
Bottom 30% nationally
Density
20/sq mi
1,991.9 sq mi of land
Median age
35.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
Area type
Micropolitan area
Oklahoma
Nearest major airport
CSM
14 mi · Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport
Median home value
$155,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.8%, lower than in 64% of the 835 measured US metro and micro areas.

Employment fell 1.4% over the past year, to 19,687 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$2,6292024 ACS 5-Year$60,977Bottom 30%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,6122024 ACS 5-Year$32,178Bottom 27%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year13.2%Bottom 46%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.1 min2024 ACS 5-Year21.1 minTop 20%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year28.2%Top 39%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year79.6%70th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 202619,687Bottom 24%of 835July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026+0.4%Top 42%of 835July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026−1.4%Bottom 33%of 835July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202620,46224th percentileof 835July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year78.9%Top 33%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.0%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%7th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026+0.9%Bottom 5%of 835July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20263.8%Top 36%of 835July 2026
Worked from home ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year4.7%10th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/074.12.0
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.8% in July 2026. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

37% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 37% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.3 students for every full-time teacher across 24 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
24
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.3
across all schools here
Math proficiency
36.6%
Top 15% in Oklahoma
Reading proficiency
37.1%
Top 15% in Oklahoma
The 12 largest of 24 public schools, by enrollment.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Weatherford HSWEATHERFORD65717.837%47%
Clinton HSCLINTON60919.022%27%
General Thomas P Stafford ElementaryWEATHERFORD55817.462%57%
Southwest ESCLINTON44914.530%30%
Nance ESCLINTON36615.3——
East Intermediate SchoolWEATHERFORD36517.4——
Cordell ESCORDELL36413.555%40%
Burcham ESWEATHERFORD36215.1——
Will Rogers ESBURNS FLAT-DILL CITY35515.416%18%
Arapaho-Butler ESARAPAHO-BUTLER33213.851%49%
Weatherford MSWEATHERFORD32615.531%35%
Washington ESCLINTON31316.532%35%

61.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Oklahoma’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $973 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.63% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $937, some 14% above the $822 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $937 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $37,500 a year, about 61% of the median household income here of $60,977.

The typical renter household here spends 28% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $822 a month.

A median home at $155,000 costs 2.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $76,331, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
28.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.0×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$937
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$822
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$155,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Weatherford’s median household income of $60,977, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year2.0Top 13%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year64.5%21st percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1012024 ACS 5-Year18,11122nd percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$766Top 20%of 818FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,279Top 25%of 818FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$937Top 13%of 818FY2026
Median gross rent ±$382024 ACS 5-Year$822Top 17%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$11,5042024 ACS 5-Year$155,00017th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$702024 ACS 5-Year$97313th percentileof 9332024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$3,7752024 ACS 5-Year$76,331Bottom 37%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.06%2024 ACS 5-Year0.63%28th percentileof 9322024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year28.4%Top 41%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±642024 ACS 5-Year21016th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.2%32nd percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year15.1%94th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3332024 ACS 5-Year2,93633rd percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

42/ 100
Ranks 538 of 834 published metro profiles
The most recent move in permitting was upward, in a series running from 2024 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 1% since 2020, to 39,105 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 44 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.1 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US metro and micro areas.

Units permitted
44
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.1
Bottom 22% nationally
Year over year
+29%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202439k39k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 28°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 23.9 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station CLINTON SHERMAN AP, 18.1 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND3.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals23.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals28°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals45°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

43 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, inland flooding and cold wave, with tornado alone responsible for 31% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Ice stormElevated
DroughtElevated
HailElevated
TornadoModerate
Strong windElevated
WildfireModerate
Winter weatherModerate
Cold waveElevated
EarthquakeModerate
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, landslide, inland flooding, hurricane, avalanche, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. This value is the population-weighted mean of all component counties; expected annual loss is their sum. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. City profiles inside this area carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Death-certificate rates
The CDC publishes these rates by county, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it do.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index by county, and only where a monitor sits, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it show it where one exists.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year88.9%Top 46%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle14 miTop 18%of 835NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle4Top 43%of 835NASR current cycle
No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year8.0%Top 44%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Infinity One Oklahoma SpaceportCSM14 mi13,503 ft
Lawton-Fort Sill RgnlLAW69 mi8,599 ft
OKC Will Rogers IntlOKC78 mi9,802 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

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