Heavener vs Wister

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

Heavener and Wister 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 1,103 in Wister). Heavener has the higher median household income ($39,356 vs $35,655 in Wister). Wister has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $57,100 in Heavener).

Population, income & housing

	Heavener	Wister
Population	2,998	1,103
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,356	$35,655
Median home value	$57,100	$93,200
Median gross rent	$756	$810
Housing units	1,291	488
Homeownership rate	64.1%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heavener	Wister
Population	3,324 → 2,998 (-9.8%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$33,950 → $39,356 (+15.9%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$53,300 → $57,100 (+7.1%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $756 (+28.8%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Heavener

Population

3,3242,998

Median household income

$33,950$39,356

Median home value

$53,300$57,100

Median gross rent

$587$756

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)

	Heavener	Wister
Under 5	10.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heavener	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	46.8%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	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	8.3%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heavener	Wister
No high school diploma	27.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heavener	Wister
Drove alone	82.7%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heavener	Wister
1-unit, detached	77.1%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Heavener	Wister
Poverty rate	34.3%	25.5%
Average household size	3.06	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1968	1978