[citation needed] The city lies between the Port Harcourt-Enugu-Maiduguri rail line, being the nearest city to the biggest cattle market in Nigeria located in the Umu Nneochi Area of Abia state.

Thus, the city has grown into a major cattle transit town for the South-East and South subregions of Nigeria.

[citation needed] Okigwe remains one of the breadbaskets of Nigeria with terrace cultivation practised on its hilly farmlands.

[citation needed] In 2016, the Imo state government recommissioned a new cattle market in the city in respect to the previous one that has been relocated to Abia.

[2] Okigwe has six autonomous communities with different villages (in bracket) namely;[3] The soil is predominantly partly red clay and black or dark brown.