IngallsOK
229 people live in this town, settled in 1890.
Is Ingalls a good place to live?
No town among the 132 in Oklahoma we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Ingalls. Ingalls has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
229 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Ingalls: who provides what
Ingalls is unincorporated, so Payne County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Ingalls.
About half of Ingalls’ working residents commute to Stillwater
The top destinations are Stillwater (48%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Pawnee (6%). 16% of Ingalls residents live below the poverty line, below Oklahoma’s towns (18%) but above U.S. towns (9.6%). Half commute less than 12 miles. Ingalls’ typical journey to work stands at 22 minutes.
| Ingalls | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Ingalls, mostly cold waves
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Ingalls comes to 75 of 100. Expected losses in Ingalls break down as 28% from cold waves and 24% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Ingalls’ adults feel lonely than in the typical Oklahoma or U.S. town
Ingalls: two in five adults have high blood pressure. 15% of Ingalls adults report frequent physical distress, below the Oklahoma town median (16%) but above the median of U.S. towns (14%). CDC measures, 32 in all: Ingalls beats Oklahoma on 1 and trails on 1. In Ingalls, 30% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Ingalls | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Ingalls | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.2% | 84.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Boone Pickens Stadium and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ingalls. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaBoone Pickens Stadium
11 mi MuseumNational Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
13 mi GardenOklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum
27 mi MuseumChandler Armory
35 mi GardenApothecary GardenPhoto credits
Boone Pickens Stadium: XStewart2007, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 · Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum: Jibran1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Chandler Armory: Skyring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apothecary Garden: MARELBU, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Ingalls
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ingalls
College town 15 of every 100 Ingalls residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
100% of working residents leave Ingalls for work
Where Ingalls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Ingalls
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ingalls, OK a good place to live?
Ingalls has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.