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Waurika, OK

2,004 Population
11.9 square miles 168.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.8 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,437 ±$3,140 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $26,783 ±$1,706
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,882 ±$4,546 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $48,668 ±$4,558
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.1% ±6.1% (536  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 23.1% † 1,211 (±3.2% / ±169)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±6.3 (18,530  ±5,226) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 27.1 † 53,210 (±2.8 / ±6,369)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

788 ±73 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 2,163 ±59
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,906  ±157) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 5,253 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±5.3% (33  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 7.5% † 79 (±2.8% / ±29)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,000 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 2,734 ±23
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$64,800 ±$10,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $82,500 † ±$9,204
  • about one-third of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.7% ±6.4% (487  ±131.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 14.7% † 780 (±2.8% / ±149.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±6.8% (1,179  ±124) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 84.9% 3,092 (±4.9% / ±177.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15% ±3.9% (204  ±54.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 16% † 584 (±2.3% / ±84.3)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±2.1% (80  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 3.7% 201
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.7% (116  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 7.9% † 319 (±1.3% / ±54)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
116 Total veterans ±41 103 Male ±38 13 Female ±11

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