Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,186, settled in 1887. 2.9 times the library visits per person than the typical Oklahoma town.
The best of Antlers’ subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A for civic life; the weakest is a D− for incomes. Antlers’ property crime rate is 32.6 per 1,000 residents, against 14 in Oklahoma’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 9 of Oklahoma’s 228 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 98% of the country. Antlers Frisco Depot and Antlers Spring is on the National Register of Historic Places. Antlers has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Antlers beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Antlers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Antlers is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,273 in 1910, a peak of 3,254 in 1940, 2,221 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 6 maps from 1901 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Antlers, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Antlers.
27% of Antlers adults smoke cigarettes, above both Oklahoma’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (14%). 43% of Antlers adults get no exercise outside work. Antlers beats the Oklahoma average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23.
| Antlers | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Antlers | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.8% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.4% | 8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 30.6% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Antlers school district. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantly EsLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 500 | B+ |
| Antlers HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 259 | B+ |
| Obuch MSTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 207 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
About one in 3 of Antlers’s working residents works in town. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Antlers. Jobs based in Antlers fell to 1,279 in 2023, 263 fewer than in 2013.
| Antlers | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 32% | 22% | 8% |
| Median household income | $36,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Antlers’ violent crime rate is 5.5 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Antlers home is worth about $143,000, up 3.9% in a year, 35% below the Oklahoma typical home. The median rent in Antlers is $638 a month.
| Antlers | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $638 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Antlers has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 30° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big People's Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Antlers; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Antlers residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
3 notable people were born in Antlers.
City in Oklahoma, United States
Antlers is a city in and the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,221 as of the 2020 United States census. The town was named for a kind of tree that becomes festooned with antlers shed by deer, and is taken as a sign of the location of a spring frequented by deer.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.9 times the library visits per person than the typical Oklahoma town.
Not for the area. That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($47,940 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
3 notable people were born here, including Nicole DeHuff and Kenny O'Dell.
