Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,175, settled in 1918.
Oakhurst’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for schools. Only 10 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns score higher on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher median age than Oakhurst. On the outdoors, just 20 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns do worse. Oakhurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Oakhurst beats most towns.
Where Oakhurst’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Oakhurst is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,731 in 2000, 2,262 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1956 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oakhurst. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaBOK Center
8 mi Stadium & arenaSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
8 mi MuseumThe Outsiders House Museum
6 mi MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Art8 mi Theme parkBell's Amusement Park
7 mi MuseumGilcrease MuseumBOK Center: Okiefromokla, Public domain · Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium: Chippothenut, CC BY 3.0 · The Outsiders House Museum: TheDoctorWho, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philbrook Museum of Art: Dustin M. Ramsey, aka Kralizec! at English Wikipedia. Cropped by CPacker., Attribution · Gilcrease Museum: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0
Oakhurst is unincorporated, so Creek 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Oakhurst.
Most working residents leave Oakhurst for work: only 2% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Oakhurst, near the Oklahoma town median (18%) and above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Oakhurst has added 982 jobs, to 1,943 in 2023.
| Oakhurst | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oakhurst beats the Oklahoma average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Oakhurst, against 26% in Oklahoma’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 13% of Oakhurst adults binge drink.
| Oakhurst | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Oakhurst | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.3% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.3% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oakhurst has chilly winters and hot summers. The July high in Oakhurst is 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Oakhurst since 1984.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
80% of households own their home in Oakhurst.
| Oakhurst | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $872 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Oakhurst
About 3 of every 100 Oakhurst residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States
Oakhurst is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census, a slight increase from the 2010 population of 2,185.
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3 towns share a border with Oakhurst.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst | — | — | A | — | D | C− |
| Sapulpa | #53 | C | B | C+ | B | C |
| Tulsa | #130 | D− | C+ | D− | D | C |
| Sand Springs | #52 | C | B | C− | B | C+ |
Oakhurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oakhurst reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Oakhurst with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $148,000, 33% 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.
