Pauls Valley vs Stratford

A side-by-side comparison of Pauls Valley and Stratford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pauls Valley has the higher population (6,031 vs 1,298 in Stratford). Pauls Valley has the higher median household income ($47,681 vs $38,026 in Stratford). Stratford has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $84,100 in Pauls Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
Population	6,031	1,298
Median age	38.2 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,681	$38,026
Median home value	$84,100	$87,400
Median gross rent	$814	$613
Housing units	3,049	624
Homeownership rate	50.6%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
Population	6,139 → 6,031 (-1.8%)	1,433 → 1,298 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$40,897 → $47,681 (+16.6%)	$34,500 → $38,026 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $84,100 (-4.4%)	$74,500 → $87,400 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $814 (+17.5%)	$573 → $613 (+7.0%)

Pauls Valley

Population

6,1396,031

Median household income

$40,897$47,681

Median home value

$88,000$84,100

Median gross rent

$693$814

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)

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
Under 5	4.9%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	63.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	9.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	20.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
No high school diploma	19.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
Drove alone	86.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
1-unit, detached	79.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Pauls Valley	Stratford
Poverty rate	23.0%	27.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1966	1972