Fletcher vs Lawton

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

Fletcher 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 1,298 in Fletcher). Fletcher has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $53,588 in Lawton). Lawton has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $132,700 in Fletcher).

Population, income & housing

	Fletcher	Lawton
Population	1,298	90,662
Median age	25.9 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$53,588
Median home value	$132,700	$134,200
Median gross rent	$977	$935
Housing units	551	39,845
Homeownership rate	58.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fletcher	Lawton
Population	984 → 1,298 (+31.9%)	94,017 → 90,662 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$50,441 → $60,625 (+20.2%)	$47,779 → $53,588 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $132,700 (+37.2%)	$112,800 → $134,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $977 (+44.7%)	$832 → $935 (+12.4%)

Fletcher

Population

9841,298

Median household income

$50,441$60,625

Median home value

$96,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$675$977

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)

	Fletcher	Lawton
Under 5	9.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	28.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.3%
75 and over	2.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fletcher	Lawton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	3.6%
Asian	1.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	16.1%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fletcher	Lawton
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fletcher	Lawton
Drove alone	88.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fletcher	Lawton
1-unit, detached	81.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Fletcher	Lawton
Poverty rate	24.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1977	1974