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Walters, OK

2,173 Population
8.1 square miles 269.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,282 ±$3,352 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $30,759 ±$833
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$50,875 ±$10,084 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $59,060 ±$1,557
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

32% ±8.2% (678  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18% 21,087 (±1.1% / ±1,307)
  • more than double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

21 minutes ±2.2 (18,830  ±3,718) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 18.6 933,065 (±0.6 / ±35,123)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

811 ±92 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 46,769 ±527
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.6 ±0.4 (2,117  ±222) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.5 117,604 (±0 / ±202)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

4.1% ±3.6% (17  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,571 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

1,101 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,354 ±98
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$127,100 ±$13,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $151,500 ±$5,607
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

14.7% ±5.8% (317  ±129.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 20.5% 25,749 (±1.3% / ±1,573.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

85.9% ±6.8% (1,275  ±163.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 90.3% 74,415 (±2.1% / ±1,756.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
18.4% ±4.5% (273  ±71.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 24% 19,789 (±1.1% / ±919.4)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±0.8% (15  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 5.3% 6,679
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

11.2% ±3.4% (176  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 16.3% 14,278 (±0.9% / ±788)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
176 Total veterans ±57 143 Male ±43 33 Female ±33

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