Cookson vs Lost City

A side-by-side comparison of Cookson and Lost City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cookson has the higher population (928 vs 886 in Lost City). Lost City has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $62,500 in Cookson). Lost City has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $110,300 in Cookson).

Population, income & housing

	Cookson	Lost City
Population	928	886
Median age	57.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$73,750
Median home value	$110,300	$139,500
Median gross rent	$797	$1,672
Housing units	823	348
Homeownership rate	95.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cookson	Lost City
Population	988 → 928 (-6.1%)	912 → 886 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $62,500 (+18.6%)	$45,917 → $73,750 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $110,300 (+15.3%)	$83,100 → $139,500 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $1,672 (+163.3%)

Cookson

Population

988928

Median household income

$52,692$62,500

Median home value

$95,700$110,300

Lost City

Population

912886

Median household income

$45,917$73,750

Median home value

$83,100$139,500

Median gross rent

$635$1,672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cookson	Lost City
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	7.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	20.1%
35 to 44	3.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	23.9%	6.9%
65 to 74	24.6%	16.0%
75 and over	11.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cookson	Lost City
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	35.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.7%	36.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cookson	Lost City
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cookson	Lost City
Drove alone	52.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	34.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	14.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cookson	Lost City
1-unit, detached	64.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Cookson	Lost City
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1989	1983