Custer City vs Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of Custer City and Thomas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomas has the higher population (1,255 vs 564 in Custer City). Custer City has the higher median household income ($71,458 vs $57,813 in Thomas). Thomas has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $73,300 in Custer City).

Population, income & housing

	Custer City	Thomas
Population	564	1,255
Median age	29.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,458	$57,813
Median home value	$73,300	$133,600
Median gross rent	$1,071	$733
Housing units	215	508
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer City	Thomas
Population	506 → 564 (+11.5%)	1,213 → 1,255 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $71,458 (+111.7%)	$45,278 → $57,813 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $73,300 (-5.1%)	$102,000 → $133,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $1,071 (+152.0%)	$586 → $733 (+25.1%)

Custer City

Population

506564

Median household income

$33,750$71,458

Median home value

$77,200$73,300

Median gross rent

$425$1,071

Thomas

Population

1,2131,255

Median household income

$45,278$57,813

Median home value

$102,000$133,600

Median gross rent

$586$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer City	Thomas
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	29.4%	25.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.1%
75 and over	5.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer City	Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	7.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer City	Thomas
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer City	Thomas
Drove alone	74.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	23.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer City	Thomas
1-unit, detached	74.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Custer City	Thomas
Poverty rate	10.6%	19.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1967	1956