Elgin vs Fletcher

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Fletcher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (3,560 vs 1,298 in Fletcher). Elgin has the higher median household income ($81,739 vs $60,625 in Fletcher). Elgin has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $132,700 in Fletcher).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Fletcher
Population	3,560	1,298
Median age	32.3 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,739	$60,625
Median home value	$243,600	$132,700
Median gross rent	$1,206	$977
Housing units	1,294	551
Homeownership rate	73.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Fletcher
Population	3,089 → 3,560 (+15.2%)	984 → 1,298 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$70,841 → $81,739 (+15.4%)	$50,441 → $60,625 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $243,600 (+37.5%)	$96,700 → $132,700 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,206 (-21.3%)	$675 → $977 (+44.7%)

Elgin

Population

3,0893,560

Median household income

$70,841$81,739

Median home value

$177,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,206

Fletcher

Population

9841,298

Median household income

$50,441$60,625

Median home value

$96,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$675$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Fletcher
Under 5	9.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	23.8%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.9%
75 and over	3.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Fletcher
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	73.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	4.1%
Asian	2.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Fletcher
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Fletcher
Drove alone	80.1%	88.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	3.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Fletcher
1-unit, detached	82.4%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Fletcher
Poverty rate	9.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2008	1977