Geronimo vs Lawton

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

Geronimo 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 1,161 in Geronimo). Geronimo has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $53,588 in Lawton). Lawton has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $88,200 in Geronimo).

Population, income & housing

	Geronimo	Lawton
Population	1,161	90,662
Median age	31.8 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,250	$53,588
Median home value	$88,200	$134,200
Median gross rent	$1,115	$935
Housing units	529	39,845
Homeownership rate	75.2%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geronimo	Lawton
Population	1,150 → 1,161 (+1.0%)	94,017 → 90,662 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$45,043 → $64,250 (+42.6%)	$47,779 → $53,588 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $88,200 (+16.2%)	$112,800 → $134,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,115 (+45.9%)	$832 → $935 (+12.4%)

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

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)

	Geronimo	Lawton
Under 5	10.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	13.1%
25 to 34	23.7%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	7.3%
75 and over	3.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geronimo	Lawton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	48.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	3.6%
Asian	0.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.9%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geronimo	Lawton
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	41.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geronimo	Lawton
Drove alone	88.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.5%
Other means	1.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geronimo	Lawton
1-unit, detached	72.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Geronimo	Lawton
Poverty rate	13.6%	20.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1990	1974