Business phone system for assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma

Assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 105 establishments in Oklahoma classified as Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (NAICS 623312) for 2023. They employed 3,543 people in mid-March and reported $124.1 million in annual payroll. That is the 40th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Assisted living facilities for the elderly make up 0.11% of the 96,402 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Oklahoma has 2.6 assisted living facilities for the elderly, 58.2% below the national rate of 6.1. The average establishment has 33.7 employees against 24.3 nationally. Payroll per employee is $35,019, in line with the U.S. figure of $34,874.

Where assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma are concentrated

Census published assisted living community counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Oklahoma. The largest is Oklahoma City, OK, with 49 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 82% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma

14.3% of Oklahoma's assisted living facilities for the elderly with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 33.3% nationally. 22.9% had fewer than ten. At that size the phone is shared, so routing (who rings, when, and what happens after hours) matters more than the number of desk phones.

What assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma use the phone for

Families researching assisted living usually start with a phone call, and those calls come at all hours from adult children juggling work. Existing residents' families also call regularly for updates.

Calls an assisted living community in Oklahoma might handle in a typical week include:

• A hospital case manager calls about a possible placement.
• A resident's family calls to check on a care update.
• An adult child calls to ask about availability and pricing for a parent.

Texting residents and families

Communities text tour confirmations and event reminders to families.

Texting from a local number in Oklahoma requires carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee on Callata.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma

Assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma average 33.7 employees, so the comparison uses a 34-person team. Priced per seat, 34 users would run $1,020.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $848.30 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). Callata comes to $679.00 a month for 34 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Over a year, that is $4,092 less than RingCentral for an assisted living community in Oklahoma of that size. Annual contracts lower some competitors' prices, so compare the plan you would actually sign.

Area codes in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has 5 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. Callata includes up to 3 local numbers, so an assisted living community can hold a number in more than one of them.

How Callata works for assisted living facilities for the elderly in Oklahoma

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

Porting a number you already use in Oklahoma is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

Practices that handle protected health information should review their own privacy obligations before recording calls, enabling AI summaries or texting appointment details, and keep clinical conversations out of text messages unless their policies allow it.