Cornish vs Waurika

A side-by-side comparison of Cornish and Waurika: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waurika has the higher population (1,847 vs 119 in Cornish). Waurika has the higher median household income ($42,054 vs $40,313 in Cornish). Cornish has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $49,500 in Waurika).

Population, income & housing

	Cornish	Waurika
Population	119	1,847
Median age	55.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,313	$42,054
Median home value	$112,500	$49,500
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	64	888
Homeownership rate	92.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornish	Waurika
Population	149 → 119 (-20.1%)	2,127 → 1,847 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $40,313 (-17.3%)	$36,845 → $42,054 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $112,500 (+70.5%)	$61,300 → $49,500 (-19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$509 → $616 (+21.0%)

Cornish

Population

149119

Median household income

$48,750$40,313

Median home value

$66,000$112,500

Waurika

Population

2,1271,847

Median household income

$36,845$42,054

Median home value

$61,300$49,500

Median gross rent

$509$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornish	Waurika
Under 5	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.7%
75 and over	12.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornish	Waurika
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornish	Waurika
No high school diploma	18.2%	13.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornish	Waurika
Drove alone	79.5%	68.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	6.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornish	Waurika
1-unit, detached	84.4%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cornish	Waurika
Poverty rate	14.3%	29.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1970	1968