Elmore City vs Stratford

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

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

Stratford has the higher population (1,298 vs 826 in Elmore City). Stratford has the higher median household income ($38,026 vs $37,375 in Elmore City). Elmore City has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $87,400 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore City	Stratford
Population	826	1,298
Median age	37.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,375	$38,026
Median home value	$112,000	$87,400
Median gross rent	$950	$613
Housing units	359	624
Homeownership rate	78.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore City	Stratford
Population	928 → 826 (-11.0%)	1,433 → 1,298 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $37,375 (-15.5%)	$34,500 → $38,026 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $112,000 (+41.2%)	$74,500 → $87,400 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $950 (+46.2%)	$573 → $613 (+7.0%)

Elmore City

Population

928826

Median household income

$44,250$37,375

Median home value

$79,300$112,000

Median gross rent

$650$950

Stratford

Population

1,4331,298

Median household income

$34,500$38,026

Median home value

$74,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$573$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmore City	Stratford
Under 5	6.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.9%
75 and over	7.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore City	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	63.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	9.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	20.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore City	Stratford
No high school diploma	12.1%	18.1%
High school graduate	51.6%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore City	Stratford
Drove alone	75.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore City	Stratford
1-unit, detached	86.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Elmore City	Stratford
Poverty rate	28.8%	27.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1969	1972