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A town of 2,346. Healthier than 98% of U.S. towns.

Population
2,346
−9.5% since 2010
Typical home
$148K
+3.6% in a year
Household income
$36K
median
Median age
36.8
years
Jobs based here
1,279
A job hub

What makes Antlers stand out

The 3 things Antlers does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
A job hub

Every workday, about 1,010 people come to Antlers for work

Where Antlers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

7% → Durant Durant 7% 6% → Hugo Hugo 6% 3% → Tulsa Tulsa 3% 3% → Atoka Atoka 3% 2% → Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 2% 2% → McAlester McAlester 2% Antlers · 32% stay
1,279jobs based in Antlers
32%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

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Health

Healthier than 2% of U.S. towns

Antlers beats the Oklahoma average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23.

D−Health Grade
32 measures vs. Oklahoma
0 better9 too close to call23 worse
What stands outAntlersOK
More older adults who have lost all their teeth30.8%16.4%
More adults with COPD14.4%8%
More adults facing food insecurity30.6%18.5%
Pushmataha Hospital
0.4 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
8th
percentile among OK towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Work & commute

About one in three working residents works right in Antlers

About one in 3 of Antlers’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Durant (7%), Hugo (6%) and Tulsa (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

32%work in town

Where working residents work

In Antlers32%
Durant7%
Hugo6%
Tulsa3%
Atoka3%
16 mi
median commute distance
1,279
jobs based in Antlers
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Safety

Less crime per resident than 12% of U.S. towns

Antlers reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 88% report less.

DSafety Grade

Violent crime per 1,000 residents

Antlers5.5
Oklahoma4.1
U.S.3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents

Antlers32.6
Oklahoma18.4
U.S.15.5
12th
percentile among U.S. towns we grade
13th
percentile among OK towns
12
violent crimes reported in 2025
71
property crimes reported in 2025
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →
Schools

Antlers’s public schools outperform 78% of Oklahoma districts

The public schools Antlers’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Oklahoma’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A−School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Brantly EsPK–5500B+
Obuch MS6–8207A−
Antlers HS9–12259B+
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduationAll 3 schools →
Housing

A typical Antlers home is worth about $148K

The typical Antlers home is worth about $148,000, up 3.6% in a year, 34% below the Oklahoma typical home.

$148KZillow home value

Typical home value

Antlers$148K
Oklahoma$223K
+3.6%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Climate

Mild winters, hot summers

Antlers has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 30°, and snow is almost unheard of.

94°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter32–55°
Spring50–73°
Summer69–92°
Fall51–76°
Nov 1
typical first frost
Apr 3
typical last frost
+0.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
94°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.

61risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
61High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesIce storms
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Outdoors

0% of Antlers is conserved land

0.3 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
Map of Antlers: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 1,993 acres
0.3 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Big People's Park—8
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
LU Lodge, Antlers, Okla (74511)
c. 1930 · LU Lodge, Antlers, Okla (74511) · Wikimedia Commons
Antlers’s story

Antlers in pictures

12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

Antlers Church after tornadoOKMap-doton-AntlersHowdy from Antlers, Oklahoma - Large Letter Postcard
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About Antlers

City in Oklahoma, United States

Antlers is a city in and the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,221 as of the 2020 United States census. The town was named for a kind of tree that becomes festooned with antlers shed by deer, and is taken as a sign of the location of a spring frequented by deer.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
2,221
Area
2.7 sq mi
Elevation
512 ft
ZIP code
74523
Area code
580

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