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Alva, OK

4,982 Population
6.3 square miles 790.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Woods County: 34.3 ±0.8
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,849 ±$2,966 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Woods County: $29,494 ±$2,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,709 ±$4,899 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Woods County: $53,275 ±$4,337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.9% ±5.7% (1,145  ±253) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Woods County: 19.9% † 1,514 (±3.8% / ±286)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.2 minutes ±2.8 (28,780  ±7,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Woods County: 14.7 † 58,820 (±2 / ±8,991)
  • 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

2,135 ±154 Number of households
  • Woods County: 3,584 ±177
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,423  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Woods County: 2.1 7,600 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.3% (39  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Woods County: 3.2% † 60 (±1.9% / ±36)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,617 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Woods County: 4,447 ±25
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,600 ±$14,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Woods County: $139,600 † ±$15,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.1% ±5.1% (1,085  ±248.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Woods County: 19.3% † 1,636 (±3.2% / ±272.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±10.3% (2,389  ±298.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Woods County: 89.7% 4,657 (±6.9% / ±370.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.5% ±7.2% (1,028  ±194.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Woods County: 32.5% † 1,689 (±4.4% / ±229.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.1% ±1.7% (104  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Woods County: 1.6% 134
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.9% (162  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Woods County: 5% † 337 (±1.3% / ±88)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
162 Total veterans ±76 149 Male ±77 13 Female ±17

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