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Altus, OK

18,646 Population
18.2 square miles 1,023.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 35.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,337 ±$1,829 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $33,346 ±$1,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,295 ±$7,489 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $62,799 ±$5,005
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±3.1% (3,082  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 16.2% † 3,840 (±2.4% / ±579)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.1 minutes ±1.2 (92,535  ±11,232) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 13.1 144,005 (±1 / ±12,285)
  • about half the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,291 ±231 Number of households
  • the Altus, OK Micro Area: 9,775 ±253
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (17,848  ±58) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 2.4 23,870 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±2.6% (411  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 8.9% † 508 (±2.1% / ±121)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,066 ±159 Number of housing units
  • the Altus, OK Micro Area: 12,072 ±93
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,200 ±$13,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Altus, OK Micro Area: $158,400 ±$8,129
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.3% ±3% (3,356  ±554.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 16.4% † 3,983 (±2.4% / ±592.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±5.3% (10,046  ±636.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 86.6% 13,811 (±4.3% / ±693.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.9% ±3.1% (2,818  ±365) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 24.8% † 3,957 (±2.6% / ±408.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.4% ±1.5% (1,379  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 6.4% 1,571
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.7% ±2.1% (1,894  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Altus, OK Micro Area: 14.6% † 2,542 (±1.6% / ±283)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,894 Total veterans ±268 1,680 Male ±242 214 Female ±93

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