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Altus, OK

18,670 Population
18.2 square miles 1,024.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 35 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,250 ±$1,843 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $32,371 ±$1,671
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$55,550 ±$4,454 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $61,497 ±$3,744
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

17.3% ±2.9% (3,090  ±523) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 16% † 3,813 (±2.3% / ±546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

11.1 minutes ±1.1 (92,505  ±9,896) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 13.3 145,465 (±0.9 / ±11,281)
  • about half the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

7,371 ±263 Number of households
  • the Altus, OK Micro Area: 9,778 ±293
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.4 ±0.1 (17,921  ±65) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 2.5 23,972 (±0.1 / ±54)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

8.7% ±2.9% (394  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 8.4% † 480 (±2.4% / ±140)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

9,021 ±183 Number of housing units
  • the Altus, OK Micro Area: 12,046 ±35
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$124,800 ±$33,094 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $145,000 † ±$27,411
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

19.8% ±3.5% (3,631  ±648.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 17.5% † 4,250 (±2.8% / ±683.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

85.2% ±5.5% (9,993  ±662.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 86.7% 13,787 (±4.5% / ±715.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
23.5% ±3.1% (2,752  ±369.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 24.2% † 3,850 (±2.5% / ±403.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.1% ±1.4% (1,330  ±257) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 6.3% 1,545
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

13.3% ±2% (1,727  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 13.7% † 2,380 (±1.8% / ±307)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
1,727 Total veterans ±267 1,550 Male ±250 177 Female ±73

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