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Elgin, OK

3,608 Population
3.7 square miles 965.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,875 ±$3,786 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $31,322 ±$977
  • a little higher than the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,250 ±$26,925 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $60,665 ±$1,350
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±4.5% (401  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18.2% 21,366 (±1.2% / ±1,419)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±5.8 (38,980  ±8,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18.7 934,525 (±0.5 / ±31,400)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,204 ±119 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 46,938 ±475
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (3,608  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.5 117,661 (±0 / ±167)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±5.4% (40  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.1% † 1,503 (±0.7% / ±200)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,307 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,363 ±108
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$260,700 ±$24,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $161,000 ±$3,562
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.7% ±8.6% (920  ±308.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 19.5% 24,505 (±1.2% / ±1,518.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±10.2% (2,029  ±250.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 90.9% 75,086 (±2.1% / ±1,706.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.4% ±6.6% (919  ±151.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 24.2% 20,001 (±1.1% / ±897.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about 25 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

4.2% ±1.9% (152  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.6% 7,114
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

27.3% ±7.4% (573  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 16.2% 14,225 (±0.9% / ±831)
  • more than 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)
573 Total veterans ±160 466 Male ±139 107 Female ±66

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