GoldsbyOK
A town of 3,591, settled in 1970.
Is Goldsby a good place to live?
Goldsby is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 15th of 131 in Oklahoma, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $103K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $424K, 5.9 years of the Oklahoma City metro’s $72K median household income. No town in Oklahoma scores lower than Goldsby on history. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 127 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher typical home value than Goldsby.
What makes Goldsby stand out
Where Goldsby beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Goldsby | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 18.5% |
Goldsby has grown 99% since 2010
1,801 counted in 2010 and 2,694 in 2020; an estimated 3,591 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 33.3% since 2020, after 49.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Goldsby grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Goldsby is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Goldsby: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Goldsby, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Goldsby.
Goldsby draws workers from Norman and beyond, looks healthier within Oklahoma than nationally and has household incomes well above the Oklahoma norm.
A larger share of households in Goldsby own their home than in the typical Oklahoma or U.S. town
The median property tax bill is $3,305, against $1,599 across Oklahoma, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
93% of Goldsby households own their home, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 62% and U.S. towns at 73%. Goldsby’s median rent is $645 a month. The typical Goldsby home is worth about $424,000, up 1.6% in a year, 92% above the Oklahoma typical home.
| Goldsby | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $645 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents commute out of Goldsby
2,371 jobs are based in Goldsby, 2.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 1,257 in 2013 to 2,371.
Most working residents leave Goldsby for work: only 9% work in town. At 28 minutes, Goldsby’s average trip to work is above both Oklahoma’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Goldsby grew to 2,371 in 2023, 1,114 more than in 2013.
| Goldsby | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $103,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.1% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 18% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Goldsby stands out in Oklahoma and nationally: a smaller share of its adults report frequent mental distress
Within Oklahoma it is healthier than 96% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Oklahoma is food insecurity: 11.1% of its 1,912 adults worry about having enough food, against 18.5% statewide.
15% of Goldsby adults report frequent mental distress. Among 131 Oklahoma towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Goldsby. 12% of Goldsby adults report frequent physical distress.
| Goldsby | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 14% |
| What stands out | Goldsby | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 18.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 16.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Goldsby faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Goldsby since 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Goldsby, expect mild winters and hot summers
Goldsby has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Goldsby is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Goldsby | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Goldsby. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
24 mi MuseumOklahoma City National Memorial419K visitors a year
28 mi MuseumNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum32 mi Theme parkFrontier City
17 mi MuseumMuseum of Osteology
5 mi MuseumSam Noble MuseumPhoto credits
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium: Toniklemm, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oklahoma City National Memorial: User:Dual Freq, CC BY 2.5 · National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Osteology: SkeletonsRCool, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sam Noble Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Goldsby
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Goldsby
About 5 of every 100 Goldsby residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
Every workday, about 2,266 people come to Goldsby for work
Where Goldsby’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Goldsby
Town in Oklahoma, United States
Goldsby is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. It is home to the second largest casino in Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,694, up from 1,801 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 26 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,155 ft
- Area code
- 405
Goldsby’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Goldsby.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsby | #15 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Newcastle | #10 | B+ | C+ | B+ | A− | B |
| Purcell | #58 | C | B+ | C− | B+ | C− |
Goldsby reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Goldsby with a neighbor →
Questions about Goldsby
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Goldsby, OK a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Goldsby grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #15 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Goldsby, OK expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.