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Lamar, OK

160 Population
12 square miles 13.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±14.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hughes County: 38.8 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,535 ±$5,597 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hughes County: $21,673 ±$1,189
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,250 ±$14,541 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hughes County: $51,581 ±$3,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25% ±13.6% (40  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hughes County: 20.2% † 2,342 (±2.7% / ±316)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.5 minutes ±25 (1,340  ±664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hughes County: 25.3 98,540 (±1.8 / ±10,455)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

54 ±16 Number of households
  • Hughes County: 4,034 ±135
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (160  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hughes County: 2.9 11,639 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

75 ±14 Number of housing units
  • Hughes County: 5,782 ±34
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

1.3% ±11.1% (2  ±17.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hughes County: 6% † 793 (±1.5% / ±197.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±17.3% (106  ±37.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hughes County: 84.6% 7,970 (±4.1% / ±394.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.7% ±21.4% (10  ±24.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hughes County: 16% † 1,510 (±2.1% / ±199.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.3% ±2.5% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hughes County: 2.5% 330
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±8.2% (13  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hughes County: 7.8% † 820 (±1.2% / ±128)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±11 13 Male ±11 N/A Female ±10

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