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Sayre, OK

5,216 Population
5.4 square miles 968.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$10,568 ±$1,823 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $26,675 ±$2,489
  • about one-third of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$41,813 ±$11,404 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $52,323 ±$4,425
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

35% ±10% (712  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 23.2% † 4,339 (±3.7% / ±697)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

23.3 minutes ±8.1 (16,530  ±6,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 17.1 † 131,785 (±2.6 / ±22,015)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

943 ±164 Number of households
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 8,192 ±300
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.2 ±0.5 (2,039  ±334) 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

7.7% ±6.3% (32  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 12.2% † 479 (±4.3% / ±170)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

1,243 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 10,120 ±67
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$77,800 ±$15,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: $153,400 ±$13,295
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

32.5% ±4% (1,684  ±233.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 18.7% † 4,082 (±2.8% / ±607.1)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

72.7% ±5.8% (3,060  ±307) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 84.3% 12,759 (±5.1% / ±779.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
4.7% ±2.1% (196  ±87.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 13.3% † 2,011 (±2.2% / ±339.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.5% ±0.8% (80  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 3% 669
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

5.8% ±2.5% (274  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elk City, OK Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,082 (±1.3% / ±222)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
274 Total veterans ±117 271 Male ±117 3 Female ±6

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