Elmore City vs Lindsay

A side-by-side comparison of Elmore City and Lindsay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lindsay has the higher population (2,852 vs 826 in Elmore City). Lindsay has the higher median household income ($53,424 vs $37,375 in Elmore City). Elmore City has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $106,800 in Lindsay).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore City	Lindsay
Population	826	2,852
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,375	$53,424
Median home value	$112,000	$106,800
Median gross rent	$950	$770
Housing units	359	1,397
Homeownership rate	78.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore City	Lindsay
Population	928 → 826 (-11.0%)	2,807 → 2,852 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $37,375 (-15.5%)	$44,235 → $53,424 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $112,000 (+41.2%)	$79,500 → $106,800 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $950 (+46.2%)	$715 → $770 (+7.7%)

Elmore City

Population

928826

Median household income

$44,250$37,375

Median home value

$79,300$112,000

Median gross rent

$650$950

Lindsay

Population

2,8072,852

Median household income

$44,235$53,424

Median home value

$79,500$106,800

Median gross rent

$715$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmore City	Lindsay
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.8%
75 and over	7.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore City	Lindsay
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	10.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore City	Lindsay
No high school diploma	12.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	51.6%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore City	Lindsay
Drove alone	75.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	17.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore City	Lindsay
1-unit, detached	86.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmore City	Lindsay
Poverty rate	28.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1969	1970