Elk City vs Erick

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

Elk City and Erick 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 765 in Erick). Elk City has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $39,000 in Erick). Elk City has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $77,100 in Erick).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Erick
Population	11,406	765
Median age	34.6 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,500	$39,000
Median home value	$165,300	$77,100
Median gross rent	$850	$790
Housing units	6,215	454
Homeownership rate	62.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Erick
Population	11,824 → 11,406 (-3.5%)	839 → 765 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$47,850 → $49,500 (+3.4%)	$45,417 → $39,000 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $165,300 (+6.2%)	$65,000 → $77,100 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $850 (+14.9%)	$685 → $790 (+15.3%)

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

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)

	Elk City	Erick
Under 5	7.9%	12.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Erick
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Erick
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Erick
Drove alone	82.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	17.2%
Public transit	1.9%	1.0%
Walked	2.9%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.2%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Erick
1-unit, detached	67.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Erick
Poverty rate	26.8%	37.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1982	1968