Lamar vs Wetumka

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

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

Wetumka has the higher population (1,323 vs 166 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $30,179 in Wetumka). Lamar has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $71,300 in Wetumka).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Wetumka
Population	166	1,323
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$30,179
Median home value	$85,000	$71,300
Median gross rent	$733	$534
Housing units	74	637
Homeownership rate	84.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Wetumka
Population	160 → 166 (+3.8%)	1,277 → 1,323 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $46,250 (+8.8%)	$27,303 → $30,179 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $85,000 (+30.8%)	$54,700 → $71,300 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $733 (-8.4%)	$496 → $534 (+7.7%)

Lamar

Population

160166

Median household income

$42,500$46,250

Median home value

$65,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$800$733

Wetumka

Population

1,2771,323

Median household income

$27,303$30,179

Median home value

$54,700$71,300

Median gross rent

$496$534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Wetumka
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	19.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Wetumka
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	38.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.5%	41.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.3%
Two or more races	11.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Wetumka
No high school diploma	10.3%	19.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Wetumka
Drove alone	82.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Wetumka
1-unit, detached	71.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Wetumka
Poverty rate	21.1%	29.3%
Average household size	3.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1986	1962