LattaOK
A town of 1,405. Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Is Latta a good place to live?
Latta’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Only 1 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns score lower on the outdoors. Latta has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Latta stand out
Where Latta beats most towns.
1,405 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Latta grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Latta is from typical.
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Moving to Latta: who provides what
Latta is unincorporated, so Pontotoc 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 Latta.
Latta’s public schools outperform 86% of Oklahoma districts
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The Latta school district runs its public schools. The 3 public schools in Latta teach 934 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latta EsLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 522 | A |
| Latta HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 222 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
Most of Latta’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Among working residents in Latta, 3.2% work locally, below both the Oklahoma town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). The mean commuting time in the town is 16 minutes. The top destinations are Ada (40%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Ardmore (2%). 11% of residents live below the poverty line in the town.
| Latta | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of residents are under 18 in Latta than in most of Oklahoma or the rest of the country
The share of adults 25 and older in Latta who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 37%. The midpoint age for Latta comes to 31.6 years, against 36.2 years in Oklahoma’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
| Latta | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 35% | 25% | 22% |
| Median age | 31.6 years | 36.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 20% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| Latta | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.9% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.4% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.9% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.3% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.8% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Latta has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from tornadoes
28% of Latta’s expected losses from natural hazards come from tornadoes, followed by inland flooding at 26%. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Latta ranks healthier than 53% of the country’s towns
In Latta, 11% of adults have diabetes, and 18% say their health is fair or poor. 13% of Latta adults report frequent physical distress.
| Latta | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Latta | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11% | 16.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.7% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Latta sell for about $237K
Among households in Latta, 72% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Latta
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Latta
About 3 of every 100 Latta residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
97% of working residents leave Latta for work
Where Latta’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Latta
Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States
Latta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Latta had a population of 1,465. Oklahoma State Highway 1 passes through the community.
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- Elevation
- 1,027 ft
Questions about Latta
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Latta, OK a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Is Latta, OK expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $160,000, 28% 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.