Will Rogers World Airport
Distance from Norman: 20 miles
Major Airlines: American, American Eagle, Champion, ComAir, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United.
Major Freight Carrier Services: Airborne Express, AirTransport International,  Emery Worldwide, FedEx, UPS

Max Westheimer Airport - Norman

Runway Length:	5,200 foot north/south
	4,750 foot northeast/southeast

 
The airport has Medium Intensity Runway and Approach Lights with Visual Approach Slope Indicators serving all runways. The airport and its facilities are capable of serving executive jet aircraft. The control tower operates seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. AV Gas and Jet A are available from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. FBO is provided by Cruise Aviation Association Inc., which sells fuel and performs aircraft repair. Flight schools are provided through the University of Oklahoma Aviation Division.

Railroad
Norman is on the main line of the Santa Fe/Burlington Northern Railroad. It is also a stop on the AMTRAK Heartland Flyer between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas.

Public Transportation
The Cleveland Area Rapid Transit (CART) Service provides public transportation in and around Norman and links the service to Oklahoma City. Greyhound Lines Inc provides service in Norman. The Port of Catoosa is the nearest river port approximately 100 miles away.

 

Norman is located on I-35, and is intersected by U.S. Highway 77 and State Highway 9. Norman is just 17 miles south of I-40 and I-44.

Distance to Major Cities

Dallas	189 miles		Kansas City	367 miles
Chicago	811 miles		St. Louis	516 miles
Houston	429 miles		New York	1,467 miles
New Orleans	710 miles		Denver	694 miles
Little Rock	344 miles		Albuquerque	562 miles
Atlanta	859 miles		Los Angeles	1,348 miles

 

Median Home Value	$125,000.00
Median Price Asked	$87,000.00
Median Real Estate Tax	$826.00
Median Year Structure Built	1977
Housing Units	41,547
Median Rent	$512.00
Median Family Income (2004)	$58,043
Median Household Income (2004)	$41,629
Cost of Living Index (Oklahoma City)	87.6%

 

The Norman Transcript- published daily
The Norman Oklahoman- supplement to the Daily Oklahoman 3 times per week
The Oklahoma Daily (OU Student Publication)- Published Monday through Friday

The University of Oklahoma	11,169
Norman Regional Hospital	2,300
Norman Public Schools	1,858
York International	1,200
City of Norman	750
ClientLogic	400
US Postal Service National Center for Employee Development	550
Boise Cascade/Office Max	500
Griffin Memorial Hospital	425
Moore Norman Technology Center	218
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	400
SYSCO Food Services	340
Oklahoma Veterans Center, Norman	361
Hitachi Computer Products	450
SBC	250
Astellas Technologies	200
Southwestern Wire	140
C&C Trailers Inc	100
Hiland Dairy Foods	100
Harold's	100

 

Property Tax (Ad Valorem)

	Per thousand of assessed value
City	$ 1.02
County	$ 21.07
Public School	$ 62.03
Technology Schools	$ 14.38
Total	$ 98.50

Valuation is 12% of Fair Market Value

Sales Tax

Oklahoma	4.5%
Norman	5.0%

Income Tax

Personal Income Tax	5.25% maximum
Corporate Tax Rate	6% maximum

Type of Government	City Manager/Council
Planning Commission	Yes
Zoning Regulations	Yes

Norman is proud to be an Oklahoma Certified City.

 

Parks & Recreation

The recreation programs include sports leagues and clinics, dance and exercise classes and a senior citizen's center. The Griffin Park Sports Complex encompasses 16 soccer fields, 12 baseball fields and four football fields with support facilities. Norman also features a full service YMCA with an indoor pool and indoor track.

The public library in Norman has a total of 380,000 items available. This Norman branch is the headquarters of the Pioneer Library System, serving three counties in central Oklahoma.

A relaxing destination for any outdoor enthusiast is provided on this 4,621-acre lake with 86 miles of shoreline and a 1,834 acre park. Campers will feel right at home with picnic facilities, grills, showers, restrooms, swimming beaches, concessions, grocery store, tent and camping facilities, horse stables, R.V. hook-ups, gift shop and two full service marinas, Calypso Cove with 110 slips and Little River Marina with 225 slips. .

Dining Out
Norman has a wide variety of restaurants, which will appeal to anyone's taste. Cuisines represented in the over 175 restaurants and cafeterias include barbecue, Mexican, Oriental, Greek, Indian, Italian, Thai, seafood, health and natural foods.

Shopping
Sooner Mall
More than 70 local and national retailers and delicious restaurants located under one roof. Anchor stores include Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Dillard's, Eddie Bauer, Express, Gap, J.C. Penney, Sears, The Limited, Old Navy, Stein Mart, and Victoria's Secret.

Campus Corner
Soak up the nostalgic university atmosphere of Campus Corner while shopping at Harold's, Harold's Outlet, Shoetopia, Antique Garden, Balfour and Savvy. Take time to dine at Cafe Plaid, Hideaway Pizza, Louie's Deli & Bar, Victoria's The Pasta Shop or La Luna. When the sun goes down, enjoy live music, dancing and fun at Campus Corner's many pubs!

There are over 700 retail establishments in Norman.

Golf
Norman boasts three 18-hole public golf courses: City of Norman Westwood Golf Course and Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma Golf Course and Belmar; and one 18-hole private course, The Trails. Norman also has a 9 hole course, Cobblestone.

Churches
There are a total of 104 churches in Norman representing 37 denominations.

Hotel/Motel
There are 3 bed-and-breakfasts, one Inn and 15 hotels and motels ranging from national chains to locally-owned establishments offering a wide variety of accommodations to meet any need or budget.

Sporting Events
Norman is home to the University of Oklahoma "Sooners." The Sooners consistently appear among the top-rated teams in the nation in football, baseball, softball, wrestling, basketball, golf and gymnastics.
 

 

Norman Public Library Lake Thunderbird State Park
The Parks & Recreation department features a full schedule of programs. Norman's 56 parks cover 810 acres and include a championship golf course, municipal swimming pool complex with a water slide, hiking trails, Frisbee golf course, fishing, tennis courts, playgrounds, open and covered picnic areas and indoor recreation centers.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Acclaimed as one of the finest university art museums in the country. The museum received the Weitzenhoffer collection, the single most important collection of French Impressionist art ever given to a public university. The collection contains 33 works by artists including Van Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro and Toulouse-Lautrec.

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
This world-class facility provides an exciting place to discover Oklahoma's recent past and ancient history, including the largest collection of invertebrate paleontology in the world.

Located on the University of Oklahoma campus, the museum's collections include Native American artifacts, fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, wildlife dioramas of birds and mammals of North America, artifacts from the Spiro Mounds archaeological site and Greek and Roman artifacts.

Jacobson House Native American Cultural Center
Come to the Jacobson House to see and touch the traditions of American Indian art, history and culture.

Rupel J. Jones Theater
A 600-seat theater featuring productions by the University of Oklahoma School of Drama, School of Dance, Musical Theater Program and OU Summerstage Lab Theater.

Firehouse Art Center
The center for visual arts education in Norman, the Firehouse Art Center provides an interactive experience through classes, exhibits and events. 

Sooner Theatre
The newly-renovated theatre is the year-round host for concerts, movies, theatrical shows and more.

Cleveland County Historical Museum
The museum is one of Cleveland County's cultural and architectural showplaces. The house is an unaltered example of the late Victorian Queen Anne style characterized by its turret, gables, fluted chimneys, patterned stained glass and spindle work porch. The interior is furnished with period pieces.

Lloyd Noble Center
Some of the hottest stars in country, rock, jazz and comedy circuits appear in Norman at the Lloyd Noble Center, which also serves as home to college basketball's OU Sooners. Seating capacity is 11,206.

The Norman Depot
A reminder of the origin of many Oklahoma towns, the Santa Fe Railroad Company set out the grounds for the station two years before the great Land Run of 1889. The restored depot serves as a center for community events.

The Crucible Foundry
The Crucible Foundry specializes in bronze sculpture. The Crucible attracts artists from across the country through its growing reputation as one of the nation's finest artistic foundries. Beside the foundry is the Crucible Gallery and Sculpture Garden.

Little River Zoo
Nestled in a wooded paradise near Lake Thunderbird, the zoo is home to more than 400 animals, many of which visitors can meet on their personal tour.

 

Average Annual Temperature	61.2 °
Seasonal Averages:
Winter (Dec., Jan., Feb.)	41 °
Spring (Mar., Apr., May)	60.9 °
Summer (June, July, Aug.)	80.3 °
Fall (Sept., Oct., Nov.)	62.3 °
Average Annual Rainfall	37.65in.
Average Annual Snowfall	6.2 in.
Average Relative Humidity	68%
Prevailing Wind Direction	South

 
 

 

University of Oklahoma
Known as a major, national research university, the University of Oklahoma serves the educational, cultural and economic needs of Norman, the state, region and nation. Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, OU has 19 colleges offering 154 majors at the baccalaureate level, 152 majors at the master’s level, 74 majors at the doctoral level, eight majors at the first professional level, and five graduate certificates. OU enrolls more than 30,000 students and has more National Merit Scholars per capita than any public university in America.

  Academic Colleges and Programs
     o Architecture
     o Arts and Sciences
     o Price College of Business
     o Continuing Education
     o Education
     o Engineering
     o Fine Arts 
     o Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications
     o Geosciences
     o Graduate College
     o Honors College
     o International Programs Center
     o Law
     o Liberal Studies
     o Reserve Officers Training Corps
     o University College

  Health Sciences
     o Allied Health
     o Dentistry
     o Graduate College
     o Medicine
     o Medicine-Tulsa Campus
     o Nursing
     o Pharmacy
     o Public Health
     o Continuing Education

Norman Public Schools‹›
‹/› American College Test (ACT)
Of the 562 Norman students who participated in the American College Test (ACT) program in 2005-06, the composite average score was 22.9. This is above the national average score of 21.1 and state average score of 22.9. 

92.4% of the population have achieved a high school diploma or higher.

51.9% of the population holds a bachelor's degree or higher.
           The national average is 27.2%.

Moore Norman Technology Center
Norman is home to one of Oklahoma's premier technical training centers, The Moore Norman Technology Center (MNTC). MNTC offers courses in a number of  training programs, an active and progressive Business Training and Development Department that includes programs such as Small Business Management, Management Development, Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000/QS 9000), Environmental Technology Center, Customized Industry Training and Computer Training, as well as a variety of short-term courses that can stimulate ones creative interests.

University of Phoenix
Also located in Norman is The University of Phoenix, an accredited university that offers a variety of Bachelor's, Master's and Non-Degree programs for working professionals. The University of Phoenix also offers a complete online program, with the possibility of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in 10 different programs or a Master's in 17 specialized areas.

Other Higher Education Institutions in the Area
Four Year Institutions:
     The University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond)
     Oklahoma State University at OKC (Oklahoma City)
     University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Chickasha)
     St. Gregory's University (Shawnee)
     Langston University (Langston)
     Oklahoma Christian University (Edmond)
     Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee)
     Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City)
     Southern Nazarene University (Bethany)
     East Central University (Ada)

  Two Year Institutions:
     Oklahoma City Community College (Oklahoma City)
     Rose State College (Midwest City)
     Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College (Moore)

 

Norman Public Schools offer a variety of programs for students to participate in, such as Advanced Placement courses, foreign language in grades 8-12, and fine arts opportunities. In 2004, NPS also had 24 Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. 
 
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
Of the 168 Norman High School and Norman High School North students who took the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I), the 2003-04 verbal mean score was 578 and the 2003 math mean score was 574. This is above the 2003-04 national verbal mean score of 507 and math mean score of 519. The state's 2003 SAT I verbal mean score was 569 and for math was 562. Three thousand and eighty students in Oklahoma took the SAT.

Norman Regional Hospital
As the leading health care organization in south central Oklahoma, Norman Regional Hospital serves the health care needs, promotes wellness and improves the status of health within its regional community through an integrated system of broad-based, high-quality, cost-effective services and by promoting community partnerships.
Norman Regional Hospital is a 337-bed general acute care facility with 200 medical doctors representing a broad range of medical and surgical specialties in more than 27 areas.
Norman Regional Hospital's network of care also includes additional outpatient facilities located throughout our service area. These facilities allow more convenient access to prevention and wellness programs, fitness, home health, physical therapy, occupational health and minor emergency care.
Other facilities, including Norman Regional Family Medicine Centers, provide health care services to smaller, surrounding communities.

J. D. McCarty Center for Handicapped Children
A rehabilitation hospital where Oklahoma's children with development disabilities learn to move, act, play, think and communicate better and where parents find relief from overwhelming responsibilities. Both inpatient and outpatient care are available.

Oklahoma Veteran's Center, Norman Division

 

A state-of-the-art 301-bed long term nursing care center, the Oklahoma Veteran's Center's services include doctors and social workers on every unit and physical therapy.

Senior Care
Norman features a vast array of services available for our senior adults, which includes nursing homes, senior assisted living centers with Alzheimer Units and Independent Living Centers.
 

Electricity
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Oklahoma Electric Cooperative

Gas
Oklahoma Natural Gas

Telecommunications
SBC
Cox Communications

Digital Services Available	YES
Fiber Optics Available	YES
Point of Presence	YES

Water
Supplier:  City of Norman
Source of Water:  Lake Thunderbird/Wells

Water System Capacity	18,000,000 GPD
Storage Capacity	5,000,000 GPD
Daily Consumption	24,000,000 GPD(maximum)
	8,500,000 GPD(minimum)

Sewer
Sewer Treatment Authority:  City of Norman

Sewage Capacity	12,000,000 MGD

Sanitation and Sewage Treatment
Norman utilizes Active Sludge (70%) and Rotating Biological Contactors (30%) to treat its wastewater.
The city's sewage treatment system is currently operating at approximately 83% of capacity.
 

 

Number of workers unemployed wanting to work	4,304
Number of workers underemployed	12,131

Skills From Underemployed

Executive, Administrative and Managerial	1,306
Professional Specialty	389
Technicians & Related Support	988
Sales	1,581
Administrative Support, Including Clerical	1,198
Service Occupations	157
Precision Production, Craft, Repair	599
Machine Operation, Assemblers & Inspectors	0
Transportation & Material Moving	0
Farming, Forestry & Fishing	0
Other	598
Total	6,816

30% of the Norman Labor Force commute outside of Norman for their jobs.

Mean Wages

Managerial Occupations	$71,690
Business & Financial Operations Occupations	$50,870
Sales & Related Occupations	$28,600
Life, Physical & Social Occupations	$50,890
Office & Administrative Support Occupations	$26,930
Arts, Design, Sports & Media Occupations	$34,970

Workforce Size - By Industry  (Norman)

Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, & Agriculture	92
Mining	110
Utilities	367
Construction	3,644
Manufacturing	3,738
Wholesale Trade	1,625
Retail Trade	8,286
Transportation & Warehousing	621
Information	1,092
Finance & Insurance	2,309
Real Estate-Rental & Leasing	1,134
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services	2,722
Management of Companies & Enterprises	354
Admin., support, waste mgmt, remediation	4,628
Educational Services	15,212
Health Care & Social Assistance	9,202
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation	1,391
Accommodation & Food Services	8,197
Other Services (Except Public Adm.)	1,582
Public Administration	2
Total	69,104