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Warner, Oklahoma

Warner is a small town of about 1,600 people in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Its population has held about steady since 2020. A typical home costs about 2 years of the typical household's income, compared with 4.1 across the U.S. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Tulsa, is about 55 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
1,587
down 0.1% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$108,600
Muskogee County prices up 18% since 2022
Household income
$55,479
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, rural Oklahoma
83.6
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
19 miles
Muskogee, OK
To Tulsa
55 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 16.4% below the U.S. average in the parts of Oklahoma outside metro areas.
  • More house for the moneyA typical home costs 2 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
  • A safer neighborhood8 violent crimes were reported in 2025, about 5 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 10.6 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
  • Schools in town2 public schools: 1 elementary and 1 high school.
  • A hospital close bySaint Francis Hospital Muskogee in Muskogee, about 19 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityTulsa is about 55 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Warner meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$108,600U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 18%Muskogee County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$808 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income
$55,479U.S.: $80,734
Homes owned by the people living in them
54%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$703 a yearOklahoma: $1,599
Homes built before 1940
2%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
11%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
0%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
83.6U.S. average = 100 (the parts of Oklahoma outside metro areas)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 18% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the parts of Oklahoma outside metro areas, not Warner alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
1,5872020: 1,588
Median age
23.4 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
9%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
17%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
14%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
14%U.S.: 6%
College students
25%share of all residents

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Schools, health care and social services (33%); arts, recreation, lodging and restaurants (17%); construction (13%)
Unemployment rate
6%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
24 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
5%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
20%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Muskogee, OK, about 19 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 3 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

2 public schools in Warner, run by Warner.

Colleges in or next to town: Connors State College (1,000 to 4,999 students).

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Oklahoma's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
64%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
92%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
25°F
July average high
96°F
Days 90°F or hotter
75 a year
Nights at or below freezing
83 a year
Rain and melted snow
47.4 inches a year
Snow
5 inches a year
Elevation
566 feet

Weather station: Webbers Falls 5 WSW (6 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Broken Arrow, Tulsa.

Muskogee County is outside any metro area, with 20,000 or more people in its towns, next to a metro area (USDA rural-urban code 4, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Fort Smith National Historic Site49 miles

Read about Warner's history on Wikipedia.

Know Warner?

Tell us what a visitor shouldn't miss, and what living there is really like. Write to Main Street at mainstreet@smalltownguide.com. The best notes from people who know the town will be added here.

Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Shady Grove, OK (unincorporated)501 people, 6 miles
  • Keefton, OK (unincorporated)759 people, 6 miles
  • Webbers Falls, OK323 people, 8 miles
  • Duchess Landing, OK (unincorporated)214 people, 9 miles
  • Porum, OK609 people, 10 miles
  • Rentiesville, OK106 people, 10 miles
  • Simms, OK (unincorporated)463 people, 10 miles
  • River Bottom, OK (unincorporated)244 people, 11 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.