Fort Towson vs Hugo

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Towson and Hugo: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Towson and Hugo are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hugo has the higher population (5,184 vs 578 in Fort Towson). Fort Towson has the higher median household income ($50,250 vs $31,694 in Hugo). Fort Towson has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $96,100 in Hugo).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Towson	Hugo
Population	578	5,184
Median age	53.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$31,694
Median home value	$133,000	$96,100
Median gross rent	$825	$634
Housing units	300	2,639
Homeownership rate	66.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Towson	Hugo
Population	528 → 578 (+9.5%)	5,142 → 5,184 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$36,731 → $50,250 (+36.8%)	$25,212 → $31,694 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,000 (+52.7%)	$67,400 → $96,100 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $825 (+58.3%)	$534 → $634 (+18.7%)

Fort Towson

Population

528578

Median household income

$36,731$50,250

Median home value

$87,100$133,000

Median gross rent

$521$825

Hugo

Population

5,1425,184

Median household income

$25,212$31,694

Median home value

$67,400$96,100

Median gross rent

$534$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Towson	Hugo
Under 5	5.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	19.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.4%
75 and over	11.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Towson	Hugo
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.8%	13.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	10.2%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Towson	Hugo
No high school diploma	12.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	47.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Towson	Hugo
Drove alone	72.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	21.2%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Towson	Hugo
1-unit, detached	78.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Towson	Hugo
Poverty rate	14.1%	32.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1978	1975