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Jay, OK

2,731 Population
3.3 square miles 819.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware County: 46.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,150 ±$5,599 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware County: $36,971 † ±$5,555
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,094 ±$3,508 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $56,676 ±$2,693
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.5% ±7.2% (614  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 19% 7,707 (±1.6% / ±631)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±2.6 (25,170  ±6,142) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 28.6 407,655 (±1.1 / ±22,148)
  • 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

953 ±124 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 17,161 ±307
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (2,629  ±411) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.4 40,662 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±4.7% (39  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 5.9% † 464 (±1.4% / ±114)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,109 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 24,396 ±54
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,900 ±$16,506 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware County: $175,300 ±$10,652
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26.3% ±5.9% (709  ±191.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Delaware County: 12.8% † 5,228 (±1.4% / ±554.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.5% ±15.6% (1,308  ±182.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 88.5% 26,799 (±2.7% / ±815.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.3% ±3.6% (193  ±67.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 19.9% 6,022 (±1.4% / ±418.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about one-third 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

2.2% ±1.6% (61  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 1.9% 770
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.8% (99  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 8.6% 2,837 (±0.7% / ±236)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
99 Total veterans ±40 94 Male ±37 5 Female ±9

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