Holdenville vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Holdenville and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holdenville has the higher population (5,916 vs 166 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $41,413 in Holdenville). Lamar has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $76,900 in Holdenville).

Population, income & housing

	Holdenville	Lamar
Population	5,916	166
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,413	$46,250
Median home value	$76,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	$599	$733
Housing units	2,069	74
Homeownership rate	60.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holdenville	Lamar
Population	5,559 → 5,916 (+6.4%)	160 → 166 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$32,433 → $41,413 (+27.7%)	$42,500 → $46,250 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$55,100 → $76,900 (+39.6%)	$65,000 → $85,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $599 (+11.5%)	$800 → $733 (-8.4%)

Holdenville

Population

5,5595,916

Median household income

$32,433$41,413

Median home value

$55,100$76,900

Median gross rent

$537$599

Lamar

Population

160166

Median household income

$42,500$46,250

Median home value

$65,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$800$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holdenville	Lamar
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.0%
75 and over	4.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holdenville	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	59.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	20.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holdenville	Lamar
No high school diploma	19.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holdenville	Lamar
Drove alone	85.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	17.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holdenville	Lamar
1-unit, detached	81.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Holdenville	Lamar
Poverty rate	26.0%	21.1%
Average household size	3.26	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1953	1986