Arkoma vs Heavener

A side-by-side comparison of Arkoma and Heavener: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heavener has the higher population (2,998 vs 2,001 in Arkoma). Heavener has the higher median household income ($39,356 vs $39,236 in Arkoma). Arkoma has the higher median home value ($67,300 vs $57,100 in Heavener).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Heavener
Population	2,001	2,998
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$39,356
Median home value	$67,300	$57,100
Median gross rent	$677	$756
Housing units	813	1,291
Homeownership rate	59.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Heavener
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	3,324 → 2,998 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$33,950 → $39,356 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$53,300 → $57,100 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$587 → $756 (+28.8%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Heavener

Population

3,3242,998

Median household income

$33,950$39,356

Median home value

$53,300$57,100

Median gross rent

$587$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Heavener
Under 5	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Heavener
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	46.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	35.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Heavener
No high school diploma	13.9%	27.6%
High school graduate	51.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Heavener
Drove alone	84.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.4%
Other means	3.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Heavener
1-unit, detached	74.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Heavener
Poverty rate	27.5%	34.3%
Average household size	2.73	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1971	1968