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Central High is a small town of 1,489 people in Stephens County, Oklahoma. It's about 19 miles from Lawton, OK and 67 miles from Oklahoma City, OK, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 52°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $211k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,489people
$211kTypical home
$1,109/moRent
94° / 52°Summer / winter
4"Snow
282Sunny days
71Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,489
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 28 people per sq mi
- 67 mi to Oklahoma City, OK
- 19 mi to Lawton, OK
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $211k (≈$1,332/mo)
- Median rent $1,109/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 52°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 282 sunny days a year (140 totally clear)
- 83 cloudy days a year
- 27 of 90 winter days are gray
- 71 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 18 days a year over 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (278 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,316 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 37% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to LAW airport
- 61 mi to OKC (major hub)
- 63 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,178 ft
- 380 mi to the ocean
- 77 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 103 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 21 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Oklahoma districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 61 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Stephens County: R+64 in 2024
- Oklahoma: R+34 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk