Deer Creek vs Wakita

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Wakita: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Creek and Wakita are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wakita has the higher population (290 vs 67 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $35,795 in Wakita). Since 2019, Wakita's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -61.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Wakita
Population	67	290
Median age	27.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,417	$35,795
Median home value	—	$31,700
Median gross rent	—	$611
Housing units	45	158
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Wakita
Population	174 → 67 (-61.5%)	296 → 290 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $90,417 (+95.5%)	$36,250 → $35,795 (-1.3%)
Median home value	—	$47,200 → $31,700 (-32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$592 → $611 (+3.2%)

Deer Creek

Population

17467

Median household income

$46,250$90,417

Wakita

Population

296290

Median household income

$36,250$35,795

Median home value

$47,200$31,700

Median gross rent

$592$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Wakita
Under 5	14.9%	9.7%
5 to 17	32.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	3.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	3.0%	9.7%
75 and over	14.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Wakita
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Wakita
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	54.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Wakita
Drove alone	100.0%	94.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Wakita
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Wakita
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.3%
Average household size	3.53	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	1958