Arkoma vs Wister

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

Arkoma and Wister 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 1,103 in Wister). Arkoma has the higher median household income ($39,236 vs $35,655 in Wister). Wister has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $67,300 in Arkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Wister
Population	2,001	1,103
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$35,655
Median home value	$67,300	$93,200
Median gross rent	$677	$810
Housing units	813	488
Homeownership rate	59.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Wister
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Wister

Population

1,0771,103

Median household income

$33,083$35,655

Median home value

$70,700$93,200

Median gross rent

$595$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Wister
Under 5	7.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Wister
No high school diploma	13.9%	17.6%
High school graduate	51.1%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Wister
Drove alone	84.3%	89.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.5%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Wister
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Wister
Poverty rate	27.5%	25.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1971	1978