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Velma, OK

585 Population
1.4 square miles 432.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±10.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 40.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,944 ±$6,309 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: $34,244 ±$1,808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$61,806 ±$50,934 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: $60,236 ±$2,751
  • a little less than the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

23.6% ±8.9% (138  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 17.5% † 7,464 (±1.9% / ±797)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

26 minutes ±7 (6,550  ±2,430) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 23.2 389,225 (±1.4 / ±25,026)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

255 ±72 Number of households
  • the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 17,228 ±263
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.3 ±0.8 (585  ±135) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 2.5 42,735 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

28.7% ±17.6% (35  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 7% † 640 (±1.3% / ±118)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

292 ±75 Number of housing units
  • the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 20,311 ±76
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$105,200 ±$12,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: $135,100 ±$6,389
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

10.7% ±6.2% (62  ±38.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,482 (±1.6% / ±672.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

91.7% ±30.3% (388  ±88.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 88.3% 26,618 (±2.8% / ±839)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
8.8% ±6.1% (37  ±27.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 19.5% 5,875 (±1.5% / ±446.5)
  • about one-third 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

0.7% ±1% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 2.7% 1,147
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

11.9% ±12% (55  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Duncan, OK Micro Area: 9.5% 3,162 (±0.7% / ±231)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
55 Total veterans ±57 55 Male ±57 N/A Female ±10

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