Carter vs Erick

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

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

Erick has the higher population (765 vs 193 in Carter). Carter has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $39,000 in Erick). Erick has the higher median home value ($77,100 vs $71,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Erick
Population	193	765
Median age	41.0 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$39,000
Median home value	$71,500	$77,100
Median gross rent	$700	$790
Housing units	105	454
Homeownership rate	83.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Erick
Population	228 → 193 (-15.4%)	839 → 765 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $70,500 (+63.5%)	$45,417 → $39,000 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $71,500 (-5.7%)	$65,000 → $77,100 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $700 (-24.7%)	$685 → $790 (+15.3%)

Carter

Population

228193

Median household income

$43,125$70,500

Median home value

$75,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$930$700

Erick

Population

839765

Median household income

$45,417$39,000

Median home value

$65,000$77,100

Median gross rent

$685$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Erick
Under 5	9.3%	12.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	2.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	20.2%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.2%
75 and over	2.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Erick
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.4%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Erick
No high school diploma	13.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Erick
Drove alone	94.7%	66.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Erick
1-unit, detached	86.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Erick
Poverty rate	22.3%	37.2%
Average household size	2.92	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1951	1968