Hastings vs Waurika

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

Hastings 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 109 in Hastings). Hastings has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $42,054 in Waurika). Since 2019, Hastings's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs -13.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Waurika
Population	109	1,847
Median age	67.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$42,054
Median home value	—	$49,500
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	56	888
Homeownership rate	83.3%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Waurika
Population	72 → 109 (+51.4%)	2,127 → 1,847 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $46,250 (+12.1%)	$36,845 → $42,054 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $33,300 (-19.6%)	$61,300 → $49,500 (-19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$509 → $616 (+21.0%)

Hastings

Population

72109

Median household income

$41,250$46,250

Median home value

$41,400$33,300

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)

	Hastings	Waurika
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.7%
75 and over	38.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Waurika
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	0.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Waurika
No high school diploma	5.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	58.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Waurika
Drove alone	90.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Waurika
1-unit, detached	80.4%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	19.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Waurika
Poverty rate	9.2%	29.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1975	1968