Elk City, OK

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
22,148
US Senator
James Lankford
Republican Party
US Senator
Markwayne Mullin
Republican Party
2024 Poverty Rate
21.7%
6.43% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$53,328
1.92% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$143,500
6.45% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
8,166
0.741% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Elk City, 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.

97.6% of the residents in Elk City, OK are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Elk City, OK was $143,500, and the homeownership rate was 67.8%.

Most people in Elk City, OK drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Elk City, OK was 2 cars per household.

Elk City, OK borders Weatherford, OK.

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Population & Diversity

Elk City, OK is home to a population of 22.1k people, from which 97.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.7% of Elk City, OK residents were born outside of the country (819 people).

In 2024, there were 12.7 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.6k people) in Elk City, OK than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.3k White (Hispanic) and 1.02k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.6%
2024 Citizenship
97.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.6% of Elk City, OK residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Elk City, OK was 97.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Elk City, OK
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    16.6k ± 39
  2. White (Hispanic)
    1.3k ± 295
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    1.02k ± 167
13.6%
Hispanic Population
3.01k people

In 2024, there were 12.7 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.6k people) in Elk City, OK than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.3k White (Hispanic) and 1.02k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

13.6% of the people in Elk City, OK are hispanic (3.01k people).

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

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA 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

3.7%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
819 people
3.01%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
669 people

As of 2024, 3.7% of Elk City, OK residents (819 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 Elk City, OK was 3.01%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    296 ± 148
  2. Vietnam
    259 ± 91
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    103 ± 55

Elk City, OK has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.14 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Elk City, OK employs 8.17k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Elk City, OK were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,004 people), Retail Trade (882 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (784 people), and the highest paying industries were Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($84,250), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($83,264), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($79,894).

Employment

Occupations

8.17k
2024 Value
± 750
−0.741%
1 Year decline
± 13.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Elk City, OK declined at a rate of −0.741%, from 8.23k employees to 8.17k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Elk City, OK, are Management Occupations (1,018 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (864 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (863 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Elk City, OK.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Oklahoma (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

8.17k
2024 Value
± 750
−0.741%
1 Year decline
± 13.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Elk City, OK declined at a rate of −0.741%, from 8.23k employees to 8.17k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Elk City, OK, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,004 people), Retail Trade (882 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (784 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Elk City, OK, though some of these residents may live in Elk City, OK and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$48,996
Median earning men ± $3,386
$28,741
Median earning women ± $1,950

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($86,161), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($82,891), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($54,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($54,605), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($48,977), and Public Administration ($37,115).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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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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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 55
    Retail Trade
  2. 54
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  3. 39
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $55.5k
    Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
  2. $46.3k
    Retail Trade
  3. $46.1k
    Health Care and Social Assistance

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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.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Elk City, OK. Showing the available data for Oklahoma.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (66.2%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (31.9%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.02%)
    Independent Party

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%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Oklahoma for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

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.

The following chart shows elected senators in Oklahoma over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Elk City, OK was $143,500 in 2024, which is 0.431 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $153,400 to $143,500, a 6.45% decrease. The homeownership rate in Elk City, OK is 67.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Elk City, OK have an average commute time of 16.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Elk City, OK is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$143,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$16,693
$5,554
Median Property Taxes
±$564

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 Elk City, OK the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

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Rent vs Own

67.8%
Homeownership
2024
67.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 67.8% of the housing units in Elk City, OK were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 66.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$53,328
Median Household Income
± $6,367
8.19k
Number of Households
± 750

In 2024, the median household income of the 8.19k households in Elk City, OK grew to $53,328 from the previous year's value of $52,323.

The following chart displays the households in Elk City, OK distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Elk City, 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.

This chart shows the number of workers in Oklahoma across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (76.4%)
  2. Carpooled (13%)
  3. Worked At Home (4.42%)

In 2024, 76.4% of workers in Elk City, OK drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (13%) and those who worked at home (4.42%).

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 Elk City, OK have a shorter commute time (16.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.5% of the workforce in Elk City, OK have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Elk City, OK distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Elk City, OK have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

21.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Elk City, OK (4.16k out of 19.2k 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 18 - 24, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Elk City, OK is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

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

89.1% of the population of Elk City, OK has health coverage, with 39.1% on employee plans, 22.3% on Medicaid, 15.4% on Medicare, 11.6% on non-group plans, and 0.64% 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, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oklahoma.
1,694 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Oklahoma

Primary care physicians in Oklahoma see an average of 1,694 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,694 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Oklahoma in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 28.3% under 18 years, 19.2% between 18 and 34 years, 35.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

10.9%
Uninsured
39.1%
Employer Coverage
22.3%
Medicaid
15.4%
Medicare
11.6%
Non-Group
0.64%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Elk City, OK declined by 4.66% from 11.5% to 10.9%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Elk City, OK changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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