LangstonOK
Home to Langston University.
Is Langston a good place to live?
The best of Langston’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for schools. Langston’s median age is 21.2 years, against 36.2 years in Oklahoma’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. On health, just 10 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns do better. Langston is home to Langston University. Langston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Langston stand out
Where Langston beats most towns.
58% of Langston is in college
How Langston grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Langston is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Langston: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Langston, 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 Langston.
Cold waves leads a high hazard risk in Langston
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Langston, expect four seasons and hot summers
Langston has chilly winters and hot summers. At 94°F, Langston’s July high is close to Oklahoma’s towns (93°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Langston’s adults have diabetes than in the typical Oklahoma or U.S. town
5.5% of adults have diabetes in Langston. No town among the 132 in Oklahoma we compare has a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Langston. 38% of adults have obesity in Langston.
| Langston | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| What stands out | Langston | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.3% | 7.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 18% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Langston
Most working residents leave Langston for work: only 5% work in town. Langston’s average trip to work is 15 minutes. Jobs based in Langston grew to 274 in 2023, 261 more than in 2013.
| Langston | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.4% | 18% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Langston has set aside 10.1% of its land for conservation
6.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Oklahoma and the rest of the country, property crime in Langston is lower
The property crime rate in Langston is 3.6 per 1,000 residents. Among 125 Oklahoma towns, just 5 have a lower violent crime rate than Langston. Langston's reported crime rate is well below Oklahoma's.
| Langston | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 17.7 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.4 | 1.8 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
The median home in Langston sells for about $447K
No town among the 131 in Oklahoma we compare has a lower median rent than Langston.
| Langston | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $465 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 62% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Boone Pickens Stadium and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Langston. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Stadium & arenaBoone Pickens Stadium
34 mi MuseumOklahoma City National Memorial419K visitors a year26 mi Theme parkFrontier City
30 mi MuseumNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
18 mi MuseumNational Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum30 mi Zoo & aquariumOklahoma City Zoo and Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Boone Pickens Stadium: XStewart2007, 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 · National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2
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Everything we know about Langston
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Langston
College town 58 of every 100 Langston residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
About Langston
Town in Oklahoma, United States
Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 1,619 as of the 2020 United States census. Langston is home to Langston University, the only historically black college in Oklahoma.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1890
- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 958 ft
- ZIP code
- 73050
- Area code
- 405
Langston’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Langston.
Langston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Langston reports no FBI crime data of its own. Coyle isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Langston with a neighbor →
Questions about Langston
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Langston, OK expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $207,000, 6% below the Oklahoma typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.