Altus vs Eldorado

A side-by-side comparison of Altus and Eldorado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altus has the higher population (18,670 vs 393 in Eldorado). Altus has the higher median household income ($55,550 vs $50,833 in Eldorado). Altus has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $32,700 in Eldorado).

Population, income & housing

	Altus	Eldorado
Population	18,670	393
Median age	33.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,550	$50,833
Median home value	$124,800	$32,700
Median gross rent	$897	$482
Housing units	9,021	213
Homeownership rate	55.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altus	Eldorado
Population	18,744 → 18,670 (-0.4%)	370 → 393 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$47,691 → $55,550 (+16.5%)	$31,875 → $50,833 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $124,800 (+16.4%)	$41,500 → $32,700 (-21.2%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $897 (+21.1%)	$722 → $482 (-33.2%)

Altus

Population

18,74418,670

Median household income

$47,691$55,550

Median home value

$107,200$124,800

Median gross rent

$741$897

Eldorado

Population

370393

Median household income

$31,875$50,833

Median home value

$41,500$32,700

Median gross rent

$722$482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altus	Eldorado
Under 5	7.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	24.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	20.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	4.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altus	Eldorado
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	59.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	3.8%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altus	Eldorado
No high school diploma	14.8%	31.0%
High school graduate	27.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altus	Eldorado
Drove alone	83.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	19.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altus	Eldorado
1-unit, detached	81.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Altus	Eldorado
Poverty rate	17.3%	34.1%
Average household size	2.43	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1971	1965