Altus vs Olustee

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

Altus and Olustee 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 634 in Olustee). Olustee has the higher median household income ($60,776 vs $55,550 in Altus). Altus has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $104,700 in Olustee).

Population, income & housing

	Altus	Olustee
Population	18,670	634
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,550	$60,776
Median home value	$124,800	$104,700
Median gross rent	$897	$578
Housing units	9,021	340
Homeownership rate	55.9%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altus	Olustee
Population	18,744 → 18,670 (-0.4%)	773 → 634 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$47,691 → $55,550 (+16.5%)	$48,182 → $60,776 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $124,800 (+16.4%)	$67,100 → $104,700 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $897 (+21.1%)	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)

Altus

Population

18,74418,670

Median household income

$47,691$55,550

Median home value

$107,200$124,800

Median gross rent

$741$897

Olustee

Population

773634

Median household income

$48,182$60,776

Median home value

$67,100$104,700

Median gross rent

$537$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altus	Olustee
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	23.2%
75 and over	6.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altus	Olustee
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	46.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.3%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	47.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altus	Olustee
No high school diploma	14.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altus	Olustee
Drove alone	83.5%	88.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altus	Olustee
1-unit, detached	81.0%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	28.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Altus	Olustee
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1971	1971