LongtownOK
A town of 2,716.
Is Longtown a good place to live?
Longtown gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $184K, 3.3 years of the McAlester area’s $55K median household income. It grades C− overall, 85th of 131 graded towns in Oklahoma. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $56K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 13% of residents are under 18 in Longtown, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 25% and U.S. towns at 22%. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Among 131 Oklahoma towns, just 6 have a higher share of households owning their home than Longtown.
94% of working residents leave Longtown for work
Where Longtown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Longtown grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Longtown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Longtown: who provides what
Longtown is unincorporated, so Pittsburg 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 Longtown.
Longtown trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and is a second-home town, but it is a long drive from an emergency room.
Longtown stands out in Oklahoma and nationally: the median age there is higher
27.4% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 1.7% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
The median age in Longtown is 59.8 years. People 65 and older are 41% of residents (16% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide). 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Oklahoma.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 59% are men (OK 47%).
| Longtown | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.9% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 25.4% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.5% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.5% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.4% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.5% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Longtown than in most of Oklahoma or the rest of the country
The nearest emergency room, Haskell Regional Hospital, is 22.1 miles away in a straight line. Against the 7,826 U.S. towns with household incomes like Longtown’s, it is less healthy than 62%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
49% of adults have high blood pressure in Longtown. Only 9 of the 131 Oklahoma towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Longtown. 16% of adults have diabetes in Longtown.
| Longtown | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 40% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Longtown | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.9% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Longtown faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Longtown has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Longtown for work: only 6% work in town. Longtown’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Longtown has added 197 jobs, to 296 in 2023.
| Longtown | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.9% | 22% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 6.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Longtown
Longtown has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 30° and about 5 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.3% of Longtown is conserved land
Just 64 of its 22,794 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Longtown itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Only 4 of the 113 Oklahoma towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Longtown.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Longtown sells for about $371K at the median
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 30 miles. The median property tax bill is $640, against $1,599 across Oklahoma, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Longtown
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Longtown; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Longtown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
About Longtown
CDP in Oklahoma, United States
Longtown is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Longtown had a population of 2,659.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 614 ft
Longtown’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Longtown.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longtown | #85 | C− | A− | — | B | C− |
| Carlton Landing | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Longtown reports no FBI crime data of its own. Carlton Landing isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Longtown with a neighbor →
Questions about Longtown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Longtown, OK a good place to live?
Longtown grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #85 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Longtown, OK expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $184,000, 17% 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−.