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Sallisaw, OK

8,605 Population
13.9 square miles 620.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±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

$24,166 ±$1,761 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $32,511 ±$1,682
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,036 ±$5,941 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $58,468 ±$1,723
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.5% ±4.4% (2,446  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 16.4% 37,015 (±0.9% / ±2,020)
  • 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)

19 minutes ±2.1 (58,560  ±7,806) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.5 1,974,365 (±0.5 / ±57,606)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,427 ±160 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,992 ±773
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (8,385  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 226,870 (±0 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±3.5% (135  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,550 (±0.9% / ±482)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,818 ±157 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 101,458 ±119
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$134,100 ±$20,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $171,200 ±$3,507
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.2% ±3.8% (1,466  ±321) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.3% 30,236 (±0.8% / ±1,853.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±5.6% (4,633  ±358.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.8% 133,378 (±1.6% / ±2,535.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±2.6% (801  ±146.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21% 32,690 (±0.9% / ±1,360.2)
  • 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

1.7% ±0.8% (150  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% 15,076
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.1% (453  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.2% 14,373 (±0.5% / ±786)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
453 Total veterans ±127 409 Male ±107 44 Female ±46

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