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Elk City, OK

11,406 Population
16 square miles 711.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,572 ±$2,649 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $26,675 ±$2,489
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$49,500 ±$3,486 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $52,323 ±$4,425
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

26.8% ±5.2% (2,985  ±578) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 23.2% † 4,339 (±3.7% / ±697)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

15.4 minutes ±3.7 (71,830  ±18,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 17.1 † 131,785 (±2.6 / ±22,015)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

5,036 ±320 Number of households
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 8,192 ±300
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.2 ±0.1 (11,240  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 2.3 18,841 (±0.1 / ±121)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

16.7% ±7.2% (388  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 12.2% † 479 (±4.3% / ±170)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

6,215 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 10,120 ±67
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$165,300 ±$14,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $153,400 ±$13,295
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

16.2% ±4.8% (1,798  ±526.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 18.7% † 4,082 (±2.8% / ±607.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

89.2% ±7.3% (6,410  ±611.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 84.3% 12,759 (±5.1% / ±779.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
15.5% ±3.6% (1,110  ±260.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 13.3% † 2,011 (±2.2% / ±339.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

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

5% ±2.1% (567  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 3% 669
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

4.9% ±1.9% (405  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,082 (±1.3% / ±222)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
405 Total veterans ±160 342 Male ±141 63 Female ±70

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