Cartwright, OK

Census Place

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2024 Population
744
US Senator
James Lankford
Republican Party
US Senator
Markwayne Mullin
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
39.4
5.74% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
24.6%
29.6% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$54,263
1.98% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$112,300
14.5% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
234
22.3% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Cartwright, OK reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

100% of the residents in Cartwright, OK are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Cartwright, OK was $112,300, and the homeownership rate was 63.7%.

Most people in Cartwright, OK drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Cartwright, OK was 3 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Cartwright, OK is home to a population of 744 people, from which 100% are citizens. As of 2024, 1.61% of Cartwright, OK residents were born outside of the country (12 people).

In 2024, there were 7.88 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (638 people) in Cartwright, OK than any other race or ethnicity. There were 81 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 13 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

100%
2024 Citizenship
100%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 100% of Cartwright, OK residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Cartwright, OK was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Cartwright, OK
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    638 ± 280
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    81 ± 61
  3. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    13 ± 19
10.9%
Hispanic Population
81 people

In 2024, there were 7.88 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (638 people) in Cartwright, OK than any other race or ethnicity. There were 81 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 13 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

10.9% of the people in Cartwright, OK are hispanic (81 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Cartwright, OK as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Oklahoma.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    105,376 ± 7,864 people
  2. Vietnam
    13,032 ± 2,798 people
  3. Guatemala
    11,790 ± 2,662 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Oklahoma was Mexico, the natal country of 105,376 Oklahoma residents, followed by Vietnam with 13,032 and Guatemala with 11,790.

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Foreign-Born Population

1.61%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
12 people
1.33%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
11 people

As of 2024, 1.61% of Cartwright, OK residents (12 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Cartwright, OK was 1.33%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (1990s)
    24 ± 32
  2. Vietnam
    18 ± 34

Cartwright, OK has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (1990s), 1.33 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

Occupations

234
2024 Value
± 125
−22.3%
1 Year decline
± 94.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cartwright, OK declined at a rate of −22.3%, from 301 employees to 234 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Cartwright, OK, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (59 people), Production Occupations (51 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (37 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Cartwright, OK.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oklahoma.

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Employment by Industries

234
2024 Value
± 125
−22.3%
1 Year decline
± 94.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cartwright, OK declined at a rate of −22.3%, from 301 employees to 234 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Cartwright, OK, are Accommodation & Food Services (59 people), Construction (57 people), and Manufacturing (51 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cartwright, OK, though some of these residents may live in Cartwright, OK and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.57%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.72M people employed in Oklahoma. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Oklahoma.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Oklahoma went to Donald J. Trump with 66.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (31.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.02%).

James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are the senators currently representing the state of Oklahoma. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Oklahoma is currently represented by 5 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Oklahoma

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James Lankford
Senator from Oklahoma3
Assumed office on January 3, 2015
Took office following the resignation of Tom Coburn.
Markwayne Mullin
Senator from Oklahoma2
Assumed office on January 3, 2023
Took office following the resignation of Jim Inhofe.

James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are the senators currently representing Oklahoma.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Cartwright, OK was $112,300 in 2024, which is 0.338 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $98,100 to $112,300, a 14.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Cartwright, OK is 63.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Cartwright, OK have an average commute time of 16.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Cartwright, OK is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Property

$112,300
Median Property Value 2024
±$21,091
$142
Median Property Taxes
±$80

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cartwright, OK the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Cartwright, OK compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$54,263
Median Household Income
± $13,622
223
Number of Households
± 107

In 2024, the median household income of the 223 households in Cartwright, OK declined from $54,263 from the previous year's value of $55,357.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Cartwright, OK is from Oklahoma.
0.452
2023 Wage GINI in Oklahoma
0.456
2022 Wage GINI in Oklahoma

In 2023, the income inequality in Oklahoma was 0.452 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.809% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Oklahoma was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oklahoma in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (75.2%)
  2. Carpooled (24.8%)

In 2024, 75.2% of workers in Cartwright, OK drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (24.8%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

16.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Cartwright, OK have a shorter commute time (16.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Cartwright, OK have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

3 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Cartwright, OK distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cartwright, OK have 3 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

24.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cartwright, OK (183 out of 744 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cartwright, OK is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

64.9% of the population of Cartwright, OK has health coverage, with 23.7% on employee plans, 25.5% on Medicaid, 12% on Medicare, 3.76% on non-group plans, and 0% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Oklahoma see 1,694 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,694 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1561 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 231 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 20.6% under 18 years, 24.9% between 18 and 34 years, 35.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 18.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

35.1%
Uninsured
23.7%
Employer Coverage
25.5%
Medicaid
12%
Medicare
3.76%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Cartwright, OK grew by 37.5% from 25.5% to 35.1%.

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