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Sallisaw, OK

8,553 Population
13.9 square miles 617 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,443 ±$1,937 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $31,368 ±$1,557
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$47,333 ±$8,777 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $56,717 ±$1,803
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

31.1% ±4.8% (2,570  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 17.1% 38,524 (±1.2% / ±2,606)
  • about double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

20.5 minutes ±2 (61,875  ±7,867) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.6 1,971,355 (±0.4 / ±50,567)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

3,280 ±172 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,129 ±715
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.6 ±0.1 (8,348  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 225,804 (±0 / ±60)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

8.1% ±3.3% (155  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% † 3,408 (±1.1% / ±555)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

3,675 ±191 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 100,960 ±104
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$123,500 ±$16,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $160,100 ±$4,013
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

17.1% ±3.7% (1,451  ±317.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.6% 30,721 (±0.9% / ±2,100.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

82.4% ±5.4% (4,573  ±347.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.5% 132,297 (±1.7% / ±2,667.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
15.9% ±2.6% (881  ±149.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.4% 33,156 (±1% / ±1,542)
  • 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

1.4% ±0.7% (121  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.4% 14,597
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

7.3% ±1.9% (438  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.7% 15,142 (±0.5% / ±809)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
438 Total veterans ±114 416 Male ±105 22 Female ±30

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