Living in Soper, OK
Soper is a tiny town of 205 people in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It's about 60 miles from Sherman, TX and 106 miles from Dallas, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 54°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $81k and rent runs about $675 a month.
205people
$81kTypical home
$675/moRent
93° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
255Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
Is Soper right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 205
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 817 people per sq mi
- 106 mi to Dallas, TX
- 60 mi to Sherman, TX
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $81k (≈$509/mo)
- Median rent $675/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 255 sunny days a year (124 totally clear)
- 110 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (336 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,308 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 26% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 106 mi to DAL airport
- 106 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 82 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 548 ft
- 298 mi to the ocean
- 47 mi to a big lake
- 54 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 10 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of Oklahoma districts (reading)
- 12 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 55 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 39 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Choctaw County: R+65 in 2024
- Oklahoma: R+34 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk