Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Okemah, OK

3,058 Population
3.1 square miles 985.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

34.4 ±4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Okfuskee County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,300 ±$2,644 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Okfuskee County: $24,325 ±$1,512
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$32,232 ±$5,528 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Okfuskee County: $45,441 ±$3,894
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

43.6% ±7.8% (1,266  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Okfuskee County: 27.4% † 2,802 (±3.3% / ±341)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

18.7 minutes ±2.4 (16,285  ±3,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Okfuskee County: 27.3 92,900 (±1.5 / ±7,693)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

1,115 ±82 Number of households
  • Okfuskee County: 3,908 ±124
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.6 ±0.2 (2,870  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Okfuskee County: 2.5 9,940 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

3.9% ±3.6% (26  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Okfuskee County: 5.1% † 107 (±2.1% / ±43)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

1,332 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Okfuskee County: 4,779 ±82
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$65,000 ±$18,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Okfuskee County: $110,800 ±$8,369
  • about one-third of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

16.1% ±5.3% (488  ±159.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Okfuskee County: 13.8% † 1,542 (±2.7% / ±303.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

80.9% ±8.8% (1,526  ±179.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Okfuskee County: 83.3% 6,567 (±4.1% / ±329.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
11.3% ±3.7% (213  ±70.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Okfuskee County: 13.1% † 1,033 (±1.7% / ±130.6)
  • about two-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

0.3% ±0.4% (9  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Okfuskee County: 2.4% 268
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

9.2% ±3.8% (199  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Okfuskee County: 7.9% † 690 (±1.3% / ±114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
199 Total veterans ±83 194 Male ±83 5 Female ±9

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.