Elk City vs Sweetwater

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

Elk City and Sweetwater 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 125 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($63,958 vs $49,500 in Elk City). Elk City has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $112,500 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Sweetwater
Population	11,406	125
Median age	34.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,500	$63,958
Median home value	$165,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	6,215	70
Homeownership rate	62.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Sweetwater
Population	11,824 → 11,406 (-3.5%)	98 → 125 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$47,850 → $49,500 (+3.4%)	$28,125 → $63,958 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $165,300 (+6.2%)	$223,200 → $112,500 (-49.6%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $850 (+14.9%)	—

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

Sweetwater

Population

98125

Median household income

$28,125$63,958

Median home value

$223,200$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Sweetwater
Under 5	7.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	32.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	24.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	17.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	4.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.8%
75 and over	8.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	10.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Sweetwater
Drove alone	82.0%	41.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	67.7%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	26.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1982	1976