Sayre vs Sweetwater

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

Sayre and Sweetwater 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 125 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($63,958 vs $41,813 in Sayre). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $77,800 in Sayre).

Population, income & housing

	Sayre	Sweetwater
Population	5,216	125
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,813	$63,958
Median home value	$77,800	$112,500
Median gross rent	$770	—
Housing units	1,243	70
Homeownership rate	55.0%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sayre	Sweetwater
Population	4,549 → 5,216 (+14.7%)	98 → 125 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$46,406 → $41,813 (-9.9%)	$28,125 → $63,958 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $77,800 (-0.8%)	$223,200 → $112,500 (-49.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $770 (+25.0%)	—

Sayre

Population

4,5495,216

Median household income

$46,406$41,813

Median home value

$78,400$77,800

Median gross rent

$616$770

Sweetwater

Population

98125

Median household income

$28,125$63,958

Median home value

$223,200$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sayre	Sweetwater
Under 5	2.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	6.9%	32.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	4.0%
35 to 44	23.0%	24.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	4.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.8%
75 and over	2.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sayre	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sayre	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	27.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sayre	Sweetwater
Drove alone	86.3%	41.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sayre	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	70.2%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Sayre	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	35.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1970	1976