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Alva, OK

5,009 Population
6.3 square miles 794.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Woods County: 33.9 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,603 ±$4,148 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Woods County: $29,460 † ±$2,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$41,728 ±$6,017 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Woods County: $50,512 † ±$6,595
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

22.7% ±5.3% (1,017  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Woods County: 19.1% † 1,463 (±3.6% / ±278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

11.2 minutes ±2.7 (29,280  ±7,345) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Woods County: 15.6 † 62,000 (±2 / ±8,528)
  • about half the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

2,013 ±141 Number of households
  • Woods County: 3,488 ±208
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.2 ±0.2 (4,489  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Woods County: 2.2 7,662 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

2.9% ±2.4% (37  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Woods County: 3.1% † 57 (±1.9% / ±36)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

2,543 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Woods County: 4,463 ±38
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$132,500 ±$19,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Woods County: $141,900 † ±$20,949
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

22.8% ±5% (1,118  ±248.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Woods County: 19.9% † 1,679 (±3.3% / ±279.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

89.3% ±10.6% (2,383  ±306.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Woods County: 88.6% 4,746 (±7% / ±385.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
37.9% ±7.4% (1,011  ±203.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Woods County: 32.5% † 1,743 (±4.4% / ±236.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

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

2.6% ±2% (130  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Woods County: 1.7% 149
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

3.8% ±1.8% (149  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Woods County: 4.3% † 291 (±1.3% / ±88)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
149 Total veterans ±71 127 Male ±69 22 Female ±24

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