BushyheadOK
The town, settled in 1898, counts 1,289 residents.
Is Bushyhead a good place to live?
The best of Bushyhead’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 7 of Oklahoma’s 227 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. Only 14 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns score higher on cost of living. Bushyhead has 1 place on the National Register. Bushyhead has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bushyhead stand out
Where Bushyhead beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Bushyhead | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.3% | 16.3% |
1,289 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Bushyhead grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Bushyhead is from typical.
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Moving to Bushyhead: who provides what
Bushyhead is unincorporated, so Rogers County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bushyhead.
Bushyhead’s grade for health is a D
The share of adults in Bushyhead who have diabetes: 15%. Bushyhead: 43% of adults have obesity, against 41% in Oklahoma’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns.
| Bushyhead | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 41% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bushyhead | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.3% | 16.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.4% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Harbor Children's Home Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 10 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
The average trip to work in Bushyhead is longer than in the typical Oklahoma or U.S. town
The top destinations are Tulsa (26%), Claremore (15%) and Oklahoma City (5%). Of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bushyhead. The median commute is under 27 miles.
| Bushyhead | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.6% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Bushyhead: inland flooding
Expected losses in Bushyhead break down as 44% from inland flooding and 18% from heat waves. Compared with 73% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Bushyhead’s year
Expect July afternoons of 92° and January nights of 27°, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zillow puts the typical Bushyhead home at about $250K
83% of Bushyhead households are owner-occupiers. The median rent for Bushyhead comes to $812 a month, below both the Oklahoma town median ($873 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 4.1%.
| Bushyhead | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $812 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
BOK Center and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bushyhead. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Stadium & arenaBOK Center
33 mi Stadium & arenaSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
33 mi MuseumThe Outsiders House Museum
35 mi MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Art33 mi Theme parkBell's Amusement Park
12 mi MuseumWill Rogers Memorial MuseumPhoto credits
BOK Center: Okiefromokla, Public domain · Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium: Chippothenut, CC BY 3.0 · The Outsiders House Museum: TheDoctorWho, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philbrook Museum of Art: Dustin M. Ramsey, aka Kralizec! at English Wikipedia. Cropped by CPacker., Attribution · Will Rogers Memorial Museum: TheWhitePelican, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Bushyhead
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bushyhead
About 3 of every 100 Bushyhead residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
100% of working residents leave Bushyhead for work
Where Bushyhead’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Bushyhead
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bushyhead, OK expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.