Carter vs Elk City

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Elk City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elk City has the higher population (11,406 vs 193 in Carter). Carter has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $49,500 in Elk City). Elk City has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $71,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Elk City
Population	193	11,406
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$49,500
Median home value	$71,500	$165,300
Median gross rent	$700	$850
Housing units	105	6,215
Homeownership rate	83.3%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Elk City
Population	228 → 193 (-15.4%)	11,824 → 11,406 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $70,500 (+63.5%)	$47,850 → $49,500 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $71,500 (-5.7%)	$155,600 → $165,300 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $700 (-24.7%)	$740 → $850 (+14.9%)

Carter

Population

228193

Median household income

$43,125$70,500

Median home value

$75,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$930$700

Elk City

Population

11,82411,406

Median household income

$47,850$49,500

Median home value

$155,600$165,300

Median gross rent

$740$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Elk City
Under 5	9.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	2.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	20.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	2.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Elk City
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Elk City
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Elk City
Drove alone	94.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Elk City
1-unit, detached	86.7%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Elk City
Poverty rate	22.3%	26.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1951	1982