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Lawton, OK

90,226 Population
81.4 square miles 1,107.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,840 ±$1,152 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $29,661 ±$1,203
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,206 ±$398
$51,571 ±$2,045 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $56,680 ±$2,501
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $62,138 ±$480

22.9% ±2.9% (18,411  ±2,369) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 19.8% † 23,108 (±2.4% / ±2,846)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.9% 626,185 (±0.4% / ±15,929)

16 minutes ±1.3 (569,285  ±51,312) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 19.2 963,495 (±1.2 / ±69,279)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.6 37,896,644 (±0.2 / ±503,837)

Families

34,205 ±763 Number of households
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 48,105 ±712
  • Oklahoma: 1,589,105 ±5,726
2.4 ±0.1 (80,747  ±280) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 2.4 116,930 (±0 / ±540)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 † 3,936,442 (±,349.6 / ±-555,555,600)

5.4% ±1.9% (1,191  ±411) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,328 (±1.5% / ±428)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 5.4% 51,075 (±0.3% / ±3,075)

Housing

39,723 ±656 Number of housing units
  • the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 55,325 ±238
  • Oklahoma: 1,788,886 ±228

$140,000 ±$11,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: $158,500 ±$7,907
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $208,600 ±$2,137

23.2% ±2.8% (20,722  ±2,484.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 20.1% † 25,264 (±2.1% / ±2,680.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.2% 569,605 (±0.4% / ±17,122.7)

Social

90.6% ±4.4% (52,492  ±2,673.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 91.1% 75,417 (±3.7% / ±3,083.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.7% 2,407,304 (±0.8% / ±20,346.3)
23.7% ±2.5% (13,755  ±1,490.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 25.7% 21,257 (±2% / ±1,687.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.7% 770,810 (±0.5% / ±12,030.3)

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

5.4% ±1% (4,854  ±879) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 4.8% † 6,104 (±0.8% / ±994)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.1% † 247,828 (±,837.8% / ±8,309)

15% ±1.5% (8,966  ±910) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lawton, OK Metro Area: 16.6% 14,316 (±1.4% / ±1,175)
  • nearly double the rate in Oklahoma: 7.7% 236,525 (±0.2% / ±6,823)
8,966 Total veterans ±910 7,592 Male ±817 1,374 Female ±424

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