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Elgin, OK

3,560 Population
3.7 square miles 953 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,811 ±$3,635 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $30,759 ±$833
  • a little less than the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$81,739 ±$11,773 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $59,060 ±$1,557
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

9.5% ±4.1% (339  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18% 21,087 (±1.1% / ±1,307)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

27.4 minutes ±6.4 (36,910  ±9,830) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18.6 933,065 (±0.6 / ±35,123)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

1,220 ±117 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 46,769 ±527
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.9 ±0.3 (3,560  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.5 117,604 (±0 / ±202)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

5% ±4.9% (46  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,571 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

1,294 ±113 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,354 ±98
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$243,600 ±$23,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $151,500 ±$5,607
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

22.9% ±7.8% (805  ±275.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 20.5% 25,749 (±1.3% / ±1,573.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

92.7% ±9.7% (1,981  ±243.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 90.3% 74,415 (±2.1% / ±1,756.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
39.4% ±5.9% (842  ±137.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 24% 19,789 (±1.1% / ±919.4)
  • 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

4.2% ±2.1% (148  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.3% 6,679
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

23.5% ±7.1% (504  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 16.3% 14,278 (±0.9% / ±788)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
504 Total veterans ±157 412 Male ±133 92 Female ±63

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