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A town of 3,239, settled in 1902. Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Trash & recyclingCache gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $218K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Lawton metro’s $61K median household income. It grades B− overall, 32nd of 131 graded towns in Oklahoma. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and the median household income is $66K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, its public schools beat 80% of Oklahoma towns on state tests and graduation. 28% of the land in Cache is conserved, against 6.9% in Oklahoma’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Boulder Cabin is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Cache beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cache Es | PK–4 | 766 |
| Cache MS | 5–8 | 620 |
| Cache HS | 9–12 | 643 |
Where Cache’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 Cache is from typical.
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Census counts: 317 in 1910, 2,930 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 4 maps from 1942 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cache, 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 Cache.
Cache pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, fares better on crime within Oklahoma than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $218K.
The largest public high school is Cache HS, with 643 students. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Public schools: the Cache school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache EsLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 766 | A− |
| Cache HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 643 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
61 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Cache’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 83 of 100, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 61 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 47% come from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cache City Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 733 in 2013 to 576.
Just over a tenth of working residents work locally in Cache. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Cache dropped by 157, to 576. The top destinations are Lawton (43%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Tulsa (2%). The median commute is under 14 miles.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 95.8°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 28.7°.
Cache’s January low stands at 29°F. Among 131 Oklahoma towns, just 5 have a higher July high than Cache. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 93°F | 85°F |
| January low | 29°F | 28°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Oklahoma it is healthier than 79% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures.
Among adults in Cache, 36% have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults in the town: 29% get no exercise outside work, 41% have obesity.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 41% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cache | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.1% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.2% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 14.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 85% of Oklahoma’s graded towns.
Cache’s property offense rate comes in at 6.8 per 1,000 residents. Its violent offense rate stands at 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.8 per 1,000 residents | 14.1 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Adults 35 to 64 are just over two in five residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). Here, just over a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 28% in Oklahoma as a whole. For residents in Cache, the share who are under 18 is 24%.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40.6 years | 36.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 20% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| Cache | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.5% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.6% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.2% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Homes sold in Cache spent a median 59 days on the market. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 10%. Also worth knowing: the share of households in Cache who are owner-occupiers: 76%.
| Cache | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $820 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cache
About 3 of every 100 Cache residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
City in Oklahoma, US
Cache is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cache had a population of 2,930. It is an exurb included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the location of Star House, the home of the Comanche chief Quanah Parker, the major leader of the Quahadi Comanche in the years of Indian Wars and transition to reservation life.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cache grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #32 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C+ for health, B for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.