Holdenville is the county seat of Hughes County and is located at the intersection of US Highway 270 BR, and State Highway 48. We're approximately 75 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. Our form of government is Council/City Manager with a Comprehensive City plan and zoning.

According to Sperling's Best Places, Holdenville's population is 5,478 people as of 2009. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 17.58 percent.

The median home cost in Holdenville is $40,900. Home appreciation the last year has been -0.80 percent.

Compared to the rest of the country, Holdenville's cost of living is 28.32% below the U.S. average.

Holdenville public schools spend $5,139 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $6,058. The student/teacher ratio in Holdenville is 15 to 1.

The unemployment rate in Holdenville is 11.60 percent (U.S. avg. is 8.50%). Recent job growth is positive. Holdenville jobs have increased by 3.90 percent.

Local sales taxes fund Police, Fire, Emergency Medical, Water, Wastewater and Garbage Collection services. The average response time for an emergency is less than 5 minutes.

The local tax rate of 8.50% is comprised of the city sales tax of 4.0% combined with the state sales tax of 4.5%.