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Waurika, OK

1,847 Population
11.9 square miles 154.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.2 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,304 ±$3,529 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $30,984 † ±$4,932
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$42,054 ±$12,531 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $48,750 ±$4,202
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

30% ±6.1% (522  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson County: 22.8% † 1,191 (±3.1% / ±162)
  • about double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

28.5 minutes ±7.2 (17,285  ±5,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 26.7 54,045 (±2 / ±5,265)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

719 ±65 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 2,160 ±71
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.4 ±0.1 (1,743  ±181) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 5,244 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

8.2% ±5.8% (30  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 7.1% † 75 (±2.8% / ±30)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

888 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 2,742 ±24
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$49,500 ±$19,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $77,500 ±$5,532
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

26.7% ±7.4% (489  ±143.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 16% † 849 (±3.1% / ±163.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

87% ±3.8% (1,065  ±119.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 84.8% 3,098 (±5% / ±184.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
15.1% ±4.1% (185  ±53.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 15.7% † 575 (±2.5% / ±93)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1.7% (50  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 3.2% 171
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

6.2% ±2% (85  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.3% † 292 (±1.4% / ±55)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
85 Total veterans ±29 81 Male ±28 4 Female ±6

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