Seminole, Oklahoma.
Typical home $132,664 (+7.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+144%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,930 +7%
- $123,734$132,664 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $34,124 +35%
- $98,540$132,664 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.
- Seminole$696
- Oklahoma$1,159
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Seminole, OK rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma
Seminole is a city of 7,146 people in Seminole County. Half its households earn more than $39,121 a year and half less, against $48,062 across Seminole County; 28% of its people live below the poverty line. 57% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 43% are rented. Unemployment in Seminole County was 5.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Seminole is a small city where residents are younger than in many American towns, and most households own the home they live in. Incomes run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than is typical, while homes are priced modestly. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the winters are mild and short on snow, with hot summers and a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in shops, in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Seminole are Kontoor Brands, Walmart and Seminole Schools. Jobs across Seminole County have been slipping, and unemployment there is a little higher than it was a year earlier. Most people have a short drive to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. Sportsman Lake and Wewoka Lake are both reservoirs a short drive away, good for time by the water. The Jasmine Moran Children's Museum is in or beside town and is a natural stop for families with young children. For a longer outing, Lake Holdenville is another reservoir a longer drive away.
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- 2,646households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 28%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Seminole County had 7,044 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 95° and lows near 71°. About 4 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Seminole weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Seminole
- Kontoor BrandsGeneral warehouse storage270
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters227
- Seminole SchoolsSchool district188FTE
- Ecoat.us HoldingsGlazing metals and metal products for the trade82
- Academy of Seminole (charter)School district44FTE
- SeminoleMail and parcel delivery22
- American Medical Response20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 621 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- HailVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Seminole’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Seminole County.
Seminole home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Seminole$132,664
- Oklahoma$220,801
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Seminole listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Seminole19.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Seminole78
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Seminole13
Zip codes with a Seminole address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Seminole — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.