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A town of 12,241, settled in 1901.
Guymon is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, ranked 51st of 131 in Oklahoma, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $176K, 2.9 years of the Guymon area’s $60K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. 64% of working residents work locally in Guymon, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 8%. No town in Oklahoma scores higher than Guymon on hazard risk. Guymon's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns.
Where Guymon beats most towns.
11,442 counted in 2010 and 12,965 in 2020; an estimated 12,241 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 5.6%, after 13.3% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Guymon is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,342 in 1910, 12,965 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 3 maps from 1968 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Guymon, 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 Guymon.
Guymon carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Oklahoma (mostly cold waves), fares better on crime within Oklahoma than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
There are 3.3 miles of trail across 9 parks and preserves. Thompson park, at 48 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Guymon is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thompson park | 1.1 mi | 48 |
| 2. Cross Park | 0.7 mi | 25 |
| 3. North Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of the 8 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Guymon school district runs its public schools. The 5 public schools in Guymon teach 1,986 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guymon Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 461 | C− |
| Guymon HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 865 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
Within Oklahoma it is less healthy than 55% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures.
Among adults in Guymon, 40% get no exercise outside work and 74% had a checkup this year. Only 8 of the 131 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than Guymon. Also worth knowing: the share of adults in Guymon who have obesity: 45%. Against the Oklahoma average, Guymon comes out ahead on 4 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 14.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 11% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 21% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Guymon | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 22.3% | 27.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 25.1% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Oklahoma towns, with expected losses of about $147 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Guymon, 30% come from cold waves and 25% from tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Guymon households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2017.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 94°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 22°.
About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter. Of the 131 Oklahoma towns we compare, none has a lower January low than Guymon. For Guymon, the peak summer temperature is 94°F.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 93°F | 85°F |
| January low | 22°F | 28°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Values rose 7.6% in the 12 months to September 2026. Among households in Guymon, 62% are owner-occupiers. The town’s midpoint rent is $887 a month.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $887 a month | $870 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The average commute for its 6,155 working residents takes 14.4 minutes, against 22.4 across Oklahoma.
The top destinations are Liberal (3%), Goodwell (2%) and Oklahoma City (1%). The mean commuting time for Guymon comes to 14 minutes. In Guymon, 13% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 80% of Oklahoma’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 19 reported in 2025, 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
Guymon’s violent offense rate comes in at 1.5 per 1,000 residents. In Guymon, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 9.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Guymon | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.9 per 1,000 residents | 14.1 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Guymon
About 4 of every 100 Guymon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
2 places in Guymon on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Guymon.
City in Oklahoma, United States
Guymon ( GHY-mən) is a city in and the county seat of Texas County, in the panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,965, an increase of 13.3% from 11,442 in 2010, and represents more than half of the population of the county, along with being the largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Cattle feedlots, corporate pork farms, and natural gas production dominate its economy, with wind energy production and transmission recently diversifying landowners' farms. Guymon was the only municipality in the state of Oklahoma in which the majority of the population was Hispanic as recorded in the 2010 and 2020 United States Census reports.
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Guymon grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #51 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C− for health, B− for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
6 notable people were born here, including Jeremy Sochan and Michael D. Brown.
