Atoka vs Wardville

A side-by-side comparison of Atoka and Wardville: population, income, housing, and more.

Atoka and Wardville are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atoka has the higher population (2,918 vs 52 in Wardville). Wardville has the higher median household income ($81,067 vs $42,169 in Atoka). Wardville has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $112,800 in Atoka).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Wardville
Population	2,918	52
Median age	36.4 yrs	77.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,169	$81,067
Median home value	$112,800	$269,400
Median gross rent	$604	—
Housing units	1,415	55
Homeownership rate	57.3%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	88.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Wardville
Population	2,973 → 2,918 (-1.8%)	25 → 52 (+108.0%)
Median household income	$27,976 → $42,169 (+50.7%)	$68,775 → $81,067 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $112,800 (+31.0%)	$118,800 → $269,400 (+126.8%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $604 (+8.2%)	—

Atoka

Population

2,9732,918

Median household income

$27,976$42,169

Median home value

$86,100$112,800

Median gross rent

$558$604

Wardville

Population

2552

Median household income

$68,775$81,067

Median home value

$118,800$269,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Wardville
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	1.9%
75 and over	9.3%	75.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Wardville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.0%	5.8%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Wardville
No high school diploma	22.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	80.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Wardville
Drove alone	77.8%	—
Carpooled	13.4%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	5.1%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	3.6%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Wardville
1-unit, detached	81.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Wardville
Poverty rate	20.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.75	1.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1975	1985