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Oklahoma›McIntosh County

TexannaOK

A town of 2,401, settled in 1888.

Is Texanna a good place to live?

Texanna’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for health. On cost of living, just 11 of Oklahoma’s 229 towns do worse. The median household income is $51K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 2 have a higher median age than Texanna. Texanna has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Texanna for work

Where Texanna’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

13% → Tulsa Tulsa 13% 9% → Eufaula Eufaula 9% 9% → Muskogee Muskogee 9% 6% → Checotah Checotah 6% 5% → McAlester McAlester 5% 4% → Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 4% Texanna · 2% stay
61jobs based in Texanna
2%of working residents work in town
47 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Texanna grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Texanna is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Texanna: who provides what

Texanna is unincorporated, so McIntosh County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerOG&E12.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterMcintosh Co. RWD #8 (Texanna)21 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet6 providers80% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesMcIntosh CountyMcIntosh County provides services here
SchoolsChecotah Public SchoolsEufaula Public Schools2 districts serve Texanna; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Oklahoma you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person until 25 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 25 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereSecretary, McIntosh County Election BoardMcIntosh County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Feb 2018
ZIP codes74432, 7442674432 52% · 74426 48%Census 2020

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 Texanna.

HealthD

A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Texanna than in most of Oklahoma or the rest of the country

51% of adults have high blood pressure in Texanna, against 40% in Oklahoma’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 17% of Texanna adults have diabetes. Texanna beats the Oklahoma average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.

10%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade
TexannaOklahoma townsU.S. towns
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)51%40%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)17%14%12%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)38%34%25%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)18%16%14%
32 measures vs. Oklahoma
5 better14 too close to call13 worse
What stands outTexannaOK
Fewer binge drinkers11.3%14%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity12%14.1%
More adults with heart disease11.6%7.3%
Haskell Regional Hospital
22.6 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D

Texanna faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 82% of U.S. communities.

82risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
82Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesHeat waves

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade D

Fewer of Texanna’s working residents work locally than in the typical Oklahoma or U.S. town

1.8% of working residents work locally in Texanna, below both the Oklahoma town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Jobs based in Texanna grew to 61 in 2023, 46 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Texanna is 28 minutes.

2%work in town
TexannaOklahoma townsU.S. towns
Working residents who work in town1.8%22%8%
Average trip to work28 minutes22 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$51,000$55,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Texanna2%
Tulsa13%
Eufaula9%
Muskogee9%
Checotah6%
47 mi
median commute distance
61
jobs based in Texanna
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

In Texanna, expect four seasons and hot summers

Texanna has mild winters and hot summers. Texanna’s July high is 93°F.

8″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter31–53°
Spring50–72°
Summer70–91°
Fall51–74°
Nov 2
typical first frost
Apr 2
typical last frost
+0.4°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

OutdoorsD

Conserved land covers 3% of Texanna

3.6 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.

3%conserved
TexannaOklahoma townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.20.4
Conserved land3%6.9%4.3%
3%
conserved · 769 of 25,449 acres
3.6 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Texanna

17pages on Texanna
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Texanna

About Texanna

Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States

Texanna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 2,293 residents. Established in District 12 of the old Indian Territory, its post office existed from June 27, 1888, until July 16, 1940. Texanna's population in the 1905 Territorial Census was 200. It is said to have been named for a settlement of Texas Cherokees. Residents of Texanna now have a Eufaula or Checotah postal address.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
40 sq mi
Elevation
600 ft

Questions about Texanna

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Texanna, OK expensive?

Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.