Fort Towson vs Sawyer

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

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

Fort Towson has the higher population (578 vs 424 in Sawyer). Sawyer has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $50,250 in Fort Towson). Sawyer has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $133,000 in Fort Towson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
Population	578	424
Median age	53.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$67,500
Median home value	$133,000	$157,300
Median gross rent	$825	$867
Housing units	300	155
Homeownership rate	66.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
Population	528 → 578 (+9.5%)	316 → 424 (+34.2%)
Median household income	$36,731 → $50,250 (+36.8%)	$51,250 → $67,500 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,000 (+52.7%)	$115,600 → $157,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $825 (+58.3%)	$775 → $867 (+11.9%)

Fort Towson

Population

528578

Median household income

$36,731$50,250

Median home value

$87,100$133,000

Median gross rent

$521$825

Sawyer

Population

316424

Median household income

$51,250$67,500

Median home value

$115,600$157,300

Median gross rent

$775$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.5%
75 and over	11.9%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.8%	13.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	10.2%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	47.1%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
Drove alone	72.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	21.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	78.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Towson	Sawyer
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.34	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1978	1988