Elk City vs Sayre

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

Elk City and Sayre 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 5,216 in Sayre). Elk City has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $41,813 in Sayre). Elk City has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $77,800 in Sayre).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Sayre
Population	11,406	5,216
Median age	34.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,500	$41,813
Median home value	$165,300	$77,800
Median gross rent	$850	$770
Housing units	6,215	1,243
Homeownership rate	62.3%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Sayre
Population	11,824 → 11,406 (-3.5%)	4,549 → 5,216 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$47,850 → $49,500 (+3.4%)	$46,406 → $41,813 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $165,300 (+6.2%)	$78,400 → $77,800 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $850 (+14.9%)	$616 → $770 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Elk City	Sayre
Under 5	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	6.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	21.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	23.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.1%
75 and over	8.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Sayre
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	56.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	5.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Sayre
No high school diploma	10.8%	27.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Sayre
Drove alone	82.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Sayre
1-unit, detached	67.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Sayre
Poverty rate	26.8%	35.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1982	1970