Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Claremore is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 50th among Oklahoma's 131 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 64% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in safety: its crime rate is higher than 73% of U.S. towns, with 56 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. A typical home there costs about $262K, 3.8 years of the Tulsa metro’s $69K median household income. On walkability, just 17 of Oklahoma’s 227 towns do better. 13% of the land in Claremore is conserved, above both the Oklahoma town median (6.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Claremore is home to Rogers State University.
Where Claremore beats most towns.
Meyer, Maurice, Barracks
Census counts: 855 in 1900, 19,580 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1963 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Claremore is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Claremore, 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 Claremore.
Claremore fares better on crime within Oklahoma than nationally, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Oklahoma.
At 30.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 56% of Oklahoma’s graded towns.
For Claremore, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 19.9 per 1,000 residents. In Claremore, the rate of reported violence is 2.7 per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 in Oklahoma’s towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns.
| Claremore | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19.9 per 1,000 residents | 14 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.7 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Two of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Claremore school district. The 5 public schools in Claremore teach 2,576 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Rogers JHSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 792 | B− |
| Claremore HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,349 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,562 U.S. towns with household incomes like Claremore’s, it is healthier than 50%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income. Within Oklahoma it is healthier than 74% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures.
In Claremore, 14% of adults binge drink. This Oklahoma town tracks Oklahoma closely on all 32 CDC measures.
| Claremore | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 40% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Pryor weather station, 16 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 207 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 76% of Oklahoma places with climate records. The Pryor weather station, 16 miles away, records that about 60 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 77% of Oklahoma places with climate records.
Summer afternoons peak near 92° in July, and January nights bottom out around 26°; snowfall runs to about 8 inches a winter. Expect chilly winters and hot summers in Claremore.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On the market in Claremore: a median 13 days to sell. Zillow values the typical Claremore home at about $262,000, up 3.1% in a year, 19% above the Oklahoma typical home. Claremore: 53% of households live in a home they own.
| Claremore | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,009 a month | $870 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 48% | 44% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails run 2.5 miles in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Rogers State University Nature Reserve, at 96 acres. The trail network density in Claremore is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Claremore Lake Park | 0.9 mi | 46 |
| 2. Will Rogers Park | 0.3 mi | 18 |
| 3. Rogers State University Nature Reserve | — | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The top destinations are Tulsa (29%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Broken Arrow (4%). About one in five of Claremore’s working residents works in town. 12% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. The median commute is under 19 miles.
| Claremore | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 6.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Claremore at 20,681 residents, up 5.5% since 2020.
| Claremore | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.3 years | 36.3 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 20% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.3 points). Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.1, men 33.0.
| Claremore | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.8% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.8% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.3% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.3% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.9% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.3% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On expected storm and flood damage, Claremore sits above three fifths of U.S. communities. This Oklahoma town has had 80 paid flood insurance claims since 1981. Expected losses in Claremore break down as 47% from inland flooding and 15% from heat waves. Federal aid has come to Claremore households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Claremore. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaBOK Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
23 mi MuseumThe Outsiders House Museum
in town MuseumWill Rogers Memorial Museum
24 mi MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Art
40 mi MuseumUSS BatfishBOK 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 · Will Rogers Memorial Museum: TheWhitePelican, CC BY 3.0 · Philbrook Museum of Art: Dustin M. Ramsey, aka Kralizec! at English Wikipedia. Cropped by CPacker., Attribution · USS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Claremore
About 7 of every 100 Claremore residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
8 places in Claremore on the National Register of Historic Places.
17 notable people were born in Claremore.
City in Oklahoma, US
Claremore is a city in and the county seat of Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 19,580 at the 2020 census, a 5.4% increase over the 18,581 recorded in 2010. Located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, it is home of Rogers State University, and is part of the Tulsa metropolitan area. This area was part of the territory of the Osage, but they were forced out under a treaty with the United States. During the Indian Removal period and until statehood, this area was a reserve of the Cherokee Nation, which had been removed from its territory in the Southeastern United States. This was within what was known as the Cherokees' Cooweescoowee District.
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4 towns share a border with Claremore.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremore | #50 | C | B | C | B | C |
| Sequoyah | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Verdigris | #2 | A− | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Justice | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Tiawah | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Justice has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Justice reports no FBI crime data of its own. Sequoyah and Tiawah aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Claremore with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Claremore grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #50 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C for health, C for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
17 notable people were born here, including Patti Page and Helen Walton.
