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Eufaula grades D overall, 116th of 131 graded towns in Oklahoma, mostly because of health and incomes. On CDC estimates, its residents' health ranks in the bottom 2% nationally. The median household income is $37K, and 29% of residents live below the poverty line. It also has a long history, with 5 places on the National Register. 29% of residents live below the poverty line in Eufaula, above both the Oklahoma town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On cost of living, just 8 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns do worse. Eufaula is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Eufaula beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
C. L. Cooper Building| Widest gap | Eufaula | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 15.2% | 8% |
Where Eufaula’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 Eufaula is from typical.
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Census counts: 757 in 1900, 2,766 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 2 maps from 1963 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eufaula, 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 Eufaula.
Eufaula draws workers from Longtown and beyond and fares better on crime within Oklahoma than nationally, but it is a long drive from an emergency room.
The nearest emergency room, Mcalester Regional Health Center, is 24.1 miles away in a straight line.
20% of Eufaula adults have diabetes. No town among the 131 in Oklahoma we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Eufaula. 47% of Eufaula adults have obesity.
| Eufaula | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 23% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Eufaula | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.9% | 14% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 76.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 15.2% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Eufaula school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Eufaula HS, with 392 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eufaula HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 392 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
1,727 jobs are based in Eufaula, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
About one in 4 of Eufaula’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Eufaula is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Eufaula grew to 1,727 in 2023, 202 more than in 2013.
| Eufaula | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $37,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 23% | 22% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 29.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 52% of Oklahoma’s graded towns.
Eufaula’s property crime rate is 21.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Eufaula | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21.8 per 1,000 residents | 14 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Eufaula has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 93° and January nights drop to 29°.
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
59.7% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 46.3% across Oklahoma.
The typical Eufaula home is worth about $201,000, up 1.1% in a year, 9% below the Oklahoma typical home. 57% of households own their home in Eufaula.
| Eufaula | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $772 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Eufaula; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Eufaula residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
5 places in Eufaula on the National Register of Historic Places.
17 notable people were born in Eufaula.
City in Oklahoma, United States
Eufaula is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,766 at the 2020 census. It is in the southern part of the county, north of McAlester and south of Muskogee. The name "Eufaula" comes from the Eufaula people, part of the Muscogee Creek confederacy. The town and county are within the jurisdiction of the federally recognized Muscogee Nation, descendants of the tribe who were removed here from the Southeastern United States in the 1830s.
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Eufaula grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #116 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades D− for health, C for safety and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 4.3 years of the area's median household income ($46,281 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 C.
17 notable people were born here, including Donna Nelson and J. C. Watts.
