Elgin vs Geronimo

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

Elgin and Geronimo 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 1,161 in Geronimo). Elgin has the higher median household income ($81,739 vs $64,250 in Geronimo). Elgin has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $88,200 in Geronimo).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Geronimo
Population	3,560	1,161
Median age	32.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,739	$64,250
Median home value	$243,600	$88,200
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,115
Housing units	1,294	529
Homeownership rate	73.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Geronimo
Population	3,089 → 3,560 (+15.2%)	1,150 → 1,161 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$70,841 → $81,739 (+15.4%)	$45,043 → $64,250 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $243,600 (+37.5%)	$75,900 → $88,200 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,206 (-21.3%)	$764 → $1,115 (+45.9%)

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

Geronimo

Population

1,1501,161

Median household income

$45,043$64,250

Median home value

$75,900$88,200

Median gross rent

$764$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Geronimo
Under 5	9.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	23.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	23.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.1%
75 and over	3.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Geronimo
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	70.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	2.7%
Asian	2.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.7%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Geronimo
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	21.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Geronimo
Drove alone	80.1%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Geronimo
1-unit, detached	82.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Geronimo
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2008	1990