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Elk City, OK

11,361 Population
16.1 square miles 707.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,917 ±$2,657 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $26,421 ±$2,361
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,272 ±$4,517 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $53,328 † ±$6,367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.8% ±5.8% (2,564  ±649) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 21.7% † 4,163 (±3.7% / ±711)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14 minutes ±3 (62,110  ±14,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 16.2 † 123,935 (±2 / ±17,282)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,976 ±282 Number of households
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 8,188 ±293
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,223  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 2.4 19,201 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.5% ±6.4% (364  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 11.3% † 478 (±3.8% / ±161)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,269 ±249 Number of housing units
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 10,137 ±66
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,400 ±$16,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $143,500 † ±$16,693
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±4.5% (1,849  ±500) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 19.2% † 4,181 (±2.9% / ±636.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±7.1% (6,528  ±618.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 82.8% 12,652 (±4.6% / ±732.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.5% ±3.7% (1,096  ±281.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 13% † 1,979 (±2.1% / ±324.6)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about two-fifths of 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

6.2% ±1.8% (700  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 3.7% 819
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.3% (348  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 5.3% † 895 (±1.2% / ±198)
  • 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)
348 Total veterans ±113 285 Male ±118 63 Female ±62

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