Carter vs Sayre

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

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

Sayre has the higher population (5,216 vs 193 in Carter). Carter has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $41,813 in Sayre). Sayre has the higher median home value ($77,800 vs $71,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Sayre
Population	193	5,216
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$41,813
Median home value	$71,500	$77,800
Median gross rent	$700	$770
Housing units	105	1,243
Homeownership rate	83.3%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Sayre
Population	228 → 193 (-15.4%)	4,549 → 5,216 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $70,500 (+63.5%)	$46,406 → $41,813 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $71,500 (-5.7%)	$78,400 → $77,800 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $700 (-24.7%)	$616 → $770 (+25.0%)

Carter

Population

228193

Median household income

$43,125$70,500

Median home value

$75,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$930$700

Sayre

Population

4,5495,216

Median household income

$46,406$41,813

Median home value

$78,400$77,800

Median gross rent

$616$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Sayre
Under 5	9.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	2.6%	21.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	23.0%
45 to 54	20.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.1%
75 and over	2.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Sayre
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	56.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	5.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	25.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Sayre
No high school diploma	13.0%	27.3%
High school graduate	47.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Sayre
Drove alone	94.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Sayre
1-unit, detached	86.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Sayre
Poverty rate	22.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1951	1970