Panama vs Wister

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

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

Panama has the higher population (1,432 vs 1,103 in Wister). Panama has the higher median household income ($45,489 vs $35,655 in Wister). Panama has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $93,200 in Wister).

Population, income & housing

	Panama	Wister
Population	1,432	1,103
Median age	30.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,489	$35,655
Median home value	$121,100	$93,200
Median gross rent	$833	$810
Housing units	680	488
Homeownership rate	65.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panama	Wister
Population	1,334 → 1,432 (+7.3%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$31,346 → $45,489 (+45.1%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $121,100 (+101.8%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $833 (+14.3%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Panama

Population

1,3341,432

Median household income

$31,346$45,489

Median home value

$60,000$121,100

Median gross rent

$729$833

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)

	Panama	Wister
Under 5	15.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	19.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panama	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.2%	11.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panama	Wister
No high school diploma	12.1%	17.6%
High school graduate	59.4%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panama	Wister
Drove alone	82.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panama	Wister
1-unit, detached	77.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Panama	Wister
Poverty rate	30.3%	25.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1981	1978