TiawahOK
A town of 225.
Is Tiawah a good place to live?
No town among the 132 in Oklahoma we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Tiawah. Tiawah has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
225 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Tiawah: who provides what
Tiawah is unincorporated, so Rogers 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 Tiawah.
Tiawah stands out in Oklahoma and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
Tiawah’s average trip to work stands at 18 minutes, below both the Oklahoma town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Tulsa (31%), Claremore (12%) and Oklahoma City (7%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 20 miles.
| Tiawah | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tiawah faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Tiawah’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 73 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 53% come from inland flooding and 13% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Tiawah brings four seasons and hot summers
The peak summer temperature for Tiawah comes to 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Tiawah is
The share of adults in Tiawah who have obesity is 39%, against 41% in Oklahoma’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. CDC measures, 32 in all: Tiawah beats Oklahoma on 5 and trails on 2. Tiawah: 16% of adults report frequent mental distress. Only 8 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Tiawah.
| Tiawah | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Tiawah | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 10.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.1% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
BOK Center and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tiawah. Close and well known come first.
27 mi Stadium & arenaBOK Center
24 mi Stadium & arenaSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
25 mi MuseumThe Outsiders House Museum
34 mi MuseumUSS Batfish
26 mi MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Art23 mi Theme parkBell's Amusement ParkPhoto credits
BOK 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 · USS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philbrook Museum of Art: Dustin M. Ramsey, aka Kralizec! at English Wikipedia. Cropped by CPacker., Attribution
Everything we know about Tiawah
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tiawah
About 4 of every 100 Tiawah residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
100% of working residents leave Tiawah for work
Where Tiawah’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Tiawah
Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States
Tiawah is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tiawah had a population of 235. It was built on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway line running from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. The post office existed from August 24, 1903, until December 31, 1938. It is said to be named for Tiawah Mound in Georgia.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
Questions about Tiawah
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tiawah, OK a good place to live?
Tiawah has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.