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Merritt Public Schools, OK

3,149 Population
241.4 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Beckham County: 37.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,414 ±$13,245 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Beckham County: $26,675 ±$2,489
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$93,782 ±$14,061 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Beckham County: $52,323 ±$4,425
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

5.5% ±4.9% (174  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Beckham County: 23.2% † 4,339 (±3.7% / ±697)
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

19.5 minutes ±4.7 (24,425  ±9,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Beckham County: 17.1 † 131,785 (±2.6 / ±22,015)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

1,356 ±191 Number of households
  • Beckham County: 8,192 ±300
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.3 ±0.2 (3,149  ±500) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Beckham County: 2.3 18,841 (±0.1 / ±121)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

10.7% ±9.6% (55  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beckham County: 12.2% † 479 (±4.3% / ±170)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

1,438 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Beckham County: 10,120 ±67
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$202,100 ±$54,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Beckham County: $153,400 ±$13,295
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

10.1% ±7.1% (312  ±226.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Beckham County: 18.7% † 4,082 (±2.8% / ±607.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

93.5% ±9.1% (2,111  ±384.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beckham County: 84.3% 12,759 (±5.1% / ±779.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
23.4% ±7.6% (529  ±190.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Beckham County: 13.3% † 2,011 (±2.2% / ±339.7)
  • about 80 percent 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% ±0.9% (21  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Beckham County: 3% 669
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

12.7% ±6.2% (292  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Beckham County: 6.4% † 1,082 (±1.3% / ±222)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
292 Total veterans ±148 229 Male ±122 63 Female ±87

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