Elgin vs Lawton

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

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

Lawton has the higher population (90,662 vs 3,560 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($81,739 vs $53,588 in Lawton). Elgin has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $134,200 in Lawton).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Lawton
Population	3,560	90,662
Median age	32.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,739	$53,588
Median home value	$243,600	$134,200
Median gross rent	$1,206	$935
Housing units	1,294	39,845
Homeownership rate	73.4%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Lawton
Population	3,089 → 3,560 (+15.2%)	94,017 → 90,662 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$70,841 → $81,739 (+15.4%)	$47,779 → $53,588 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $243,600 (+37.5%)	$112,800 → $134,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,206 (-21.3%)	$832 → $935 (+12.4%)

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

Lawton

Population

94,01790,662

Median household income

$47,779$53,588

Median home value

$112,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$832$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Lawton
Under 5	9.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.3%
75 and over	3.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Lawton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	48.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	3.6%
Asian	2.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.7%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Lawton
No high school diploma	7.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	21.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Lawton
Drove alone	80.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.5%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Lawton
1-unit, detached	82.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Lawton
Poverty rate	9.5%	20.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	2008	1974