Okemah, Oklahoma.
Typical home $135,618 (+4.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$445 (+167%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,813 +4%
- $129,805$135,618 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,102 +39%
- $97,516$135,618 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Okemah$712
- Oklahoma$1,159
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Okemah, OK rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Okemah is a city of 3,074 people in Okfuskee County. Half its households earn more than $32,386 a year and half less, against $48,363 across Okfuskee County; 39% of its people live below the poverty line. 41% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 59% are rented. Unemployment in Okfuskee County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Okemah is a small city in Okfuskee County, with a younger population than many small towns. Incomes here run well below the county's, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than is typical. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than across most of the country, and a typical home is valued modestly. Few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants, hotels, shops and government also employing a good number. The largest workplaces in Okemah include Creek Nation Community Hospital, Okemah Schools and Okemah Care Center. Commutes are short, and unemployment across the county has risen a little over the past year, though the county has added jobs.
Things to do. Several lakes and parks lie a longer drive away. Wewoka Lake is a reservoir, and Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area for those who like open country. Families may also like the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum, also a longer drive away. Winters are cool with little snow, and summers are hot, so spring and autumn suit outdoor days well.
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- 1,150households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 39%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Okfuskee County had 2,565 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 71°. About 5 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Okemah weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Okemah
- Creek Nation Community HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals213
- Okemah SchoolsSchool district119FTE
- Creek Nation Community HospitalCritical access hospital98FTE
- okemah care centerNursing homes53
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 266 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Okemah’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Okfuskee County.
Okemah home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Okemah$135,618
- Oklahoma$220,801
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Okemah listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Okemah11.87%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Okemah35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Okemah10
Zip codes with a Okemah address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Okemah — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Okemah
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74859 | Okemah | 5,671 | — | $141,025 |
| 74883 | Wetumka | 2,226 | — | $115,803 |