Arkoma vs Shady Point

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

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

Arkoma has the higher population (2,001 vs 1,010 in Shady Point). Shady Point has the higher median household income ($47,212 vs $39,236 in Arkoma). Shady Point has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $67,300 in Arkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Shady Point
Population	2,001	1,010
Median age	34.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$47,212
Median home value	$67,300	$97,500
Median gross rent	$677	$638
Housing units	813	468
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Shady Point
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	1,144 → 1,010 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$34,643 → $47,212 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$79,400 → $97,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$667 → $638 (-4.3%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Shady Point

Population

1,1441,010

Median household income

$34,643$47,212

Median home value

$79,400$97,500

Median gross rent

$667$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Shady Point
Under 5	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.8%
75 and over	6.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Shady Point
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	11.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	14.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Shady Point
No high school diploma	13.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Shady Point
Drove alone	84.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.2%
Other means	3.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Shady Point
1-unit, detached	74.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Shady Point
Poverty rate	27.5%	31.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1971	1984