Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,200, settled in 1894.
Pink’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Pink’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the Oklahoma town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 3 of Oklahoma’s 227 towns score lower on walkability. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with tornadoes at the top. Pink has 1 place on the National Register. Pink has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Pink beats most towns.
Where Pink’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 Pink is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 337 in 1970, 2,091 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1930 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pink, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Pink.
Pink beats the Oklahoma average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 43% of adults have high blood pressure in Pink, above both Oklahoma’s towns (40%) and U.S. towns (35%). 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Pink.
| Pink | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 41% | 35% |
| What stands out | Pink | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.6% | 16.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.6% | 27.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 9 have a higher FEMA risk score than Pink.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1% of Pink working residents work locally. Jobs based in Pink grew to 71 in 2023, 60 more than in 2013. 14% of Pink residents live below the poverty line.
| Pink | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pink has chilly winters and hot summers. The July high in Pink is 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Pink home is worth about $198,000, up 3.6% in a year, 11% below the Oklahoma typical home. Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 4 have a higher share of households owning their home than Pink.
| Pink | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $900 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Pink’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Pink | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 6.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pink. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
29 mi MuseumOklahoma City National Memorial419K visitors a year31 mi Theme parkFrontier City
30 mi MuseumNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
21 mi MuseumMuseum of Osteology29 mi Zoo & aquariumOklahoma City Zoo and Botanical GardenGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium: Toniklemm, 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 · Museum of Osteology: SkeletonsRCool, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pink
About 4 of every 100 Pink residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
Town in Oklahoma, United States
Pink is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The only town in the United States bearing this name, Pink lies within the boundaries of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The population was 2,091 at the time of the 2020 Census, which is 1.6% above the 2010 census figure of 2,058, which itself was a 76.7% increase from the figure of 1,165 in 2000. The town name of Pink may have been chosen because it is complementary to Brown (now part of Pink), which was located a few miles east in the same township and range. This would be an example of the "twin name fad" in Pottawatomie County, like the towns of Romulus and Remus. Oral hist…
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One town shares a border with Pink.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Bethel Acres | #17 | B | B+ | — | A | C− |
Pink has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pink and Bethel Acres report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pink with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
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