Arkoma vs Spiro

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

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

Spiro has the higher population (2,205 vs 2,001 in Arkoma). Arkoma has the higher median household income ($39,236 vs $38,667 in Spiro). Spiro has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $67,300 in Arkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Spiro
Population	2,001	2,205
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$38,667
Median home value	$67,300	$97,500
Median gross rent	$677	$823
Housing units	813	1,002
Homeownership rate	59.9%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Spiro
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	2,560 → 2,205 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$33,897 → $38,667 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$83,600 → $97,500 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$686 → $823 (+20.0%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Spiro

Population

2,5602,205

Median household income

$33,897$38,667

Median home value

$83,600$97,500

Median gross rent

$686$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Spiro
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.5%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Spiro
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	11.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Spiro
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	51.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Spiro
Drove alone	84.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Spiro
1-unit, detached	74.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Spiro
Poverty rate	27.5%	22.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1971	1980