Arkoma vs Poteau

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

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

Poteau has the higher population (8,903 vs 2,001 in Arkoma). Poteau has the higher median household income ($49,789 vs $39,236 in Arkoma). Poteau has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $67,300 in Arkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Poteau
Population	2,001	8,903
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$49,789
Median home value	$67,300	$142,400
Median gross rent	$677	$818
Housing units	813	3,625
Homeownership rate	59.9%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Poteau
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	8,843 → 8,903 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$40,421 → $49,789 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$108,500 → $142,400 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$652 → $818 (+25.5%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Poteau

Population

8,8438,903

Median household income

$40,421$49,789

Median home value

$108,500$142,400

Median gross rent

$652$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Poteau
Under 5	7.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	17.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.0%
75 and over	6.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Poteau
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	9.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Poteau
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Poteau
Drove alone	84.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.5%
Other means	3.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Poteau
1-unit, detached	74.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Poteau
Poverty rate	27.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1971	1978