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Nowata, OK

3,542 Population
3.4 square miles 1,040.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nowata County: 41.3 ±0.8
  • 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

$24,346 ±$3,400 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nowata County: $30,891 ±$1,901
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,776 ±$12,312 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nowata County: $54,333 ±$5,116
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.5% ±5.5% (870  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nowata County: 17.2% † 1,601 (±2.4% / ±222)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±2.6 (32,265  ±5,172) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nowata County: 28.1 96,395 (±1.4 / ±7,684)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,411 ±93 Number of households
  • Nowata County: 3,686 ±105
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,388  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nowata County: 2.5 9,281 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±5.4% (71  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nowata County: 9.3% † 183 (±2.6% / ±51)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,735 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Nowata County: 4,362 ±42
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,900 ±$12,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nowata County: $137,800 † ±$13,936
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±6.2% (635  ±215.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nowata County: 13.9% † 1,291 (±3.1% / ±283.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±8% (2,190  ±215.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nowata County: 91.7% 5,997 (±4.4% / ±291.5)
  • about the same as 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)
13.2% ±3.6% (320  ±88.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nowata County: 16.8% † 1,097 (±2.1% / ±136.2)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.6% (22  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Nowata County: 1.2% 109
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.7% (107  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Nowata County: 4.2% † 301 (±0.9% / ±68)
  • 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)
107 Total veterans ±45 107 Male ±45 N/A Female ±10

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