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McAlester Public Schools, OK

17,895 Population
30.7 square miles 582.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pittsburg County: 40.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,000 ±$1,745 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $29,823 ±$1,041
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$45,919 ±$4,222 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $54,787 ±$2,675
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

24.5% ±3.8% (3,899  ±616) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pittsburg County: 18.2% 7,553 (±1.7% / ±710)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

15.8 minutes ±1.3 (97,350  ±10,497) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pittsburg County: 21.1 328,625 (±0.8 / ±16,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

7,011 ±231 Number of households
  • Pittsburg County: 17,649 ±271
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.3 ±0.1 (15,958  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pittsburg County: 2.4 41,390 (±0 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

6.3% ±2.9% (244  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Pittsburg County: 6.2% † 541 (±1.5% / ±131)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

8,058 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Pittsburg County: 22,204 ±62
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$124,700 ±$12,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pittsburg County: $146,300 ±$8,439
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

19.1% ±3.2% (3,367  ±572.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pittsburg County: 13.9% † 6,004 (±1.5% / ±643)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

83.8% ±4.4% (10,068  ±602.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pittsburg County: 87.3% 26,529 (±2.6% / ±793.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
19.2% ±2.7% (2,311  ±325.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pittsburg County: 19.7% 5,991 (±1.4% / ±422.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.2% ±0.8% (394  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pittsburg County: 1.3% 585
  • about one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

9.5% ±1.8% (1,284  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pittsburg County: 11% 3,696 (±0.8% / ±284)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
1,284 Total veterans ±245 1,147 Male ±223 137 Female ±81

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