Pocola vs Wister

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

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

Pocola has the higher population (4,359 vs 1,103 in Wister). Pocola has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $35,655 in Wister). Pocola has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $93,200 in Wister).

Population, income & housing

	Pocola	Wister
Population	4,359	1,103
Median age	42.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$35,655
Median home value	$134,200	$93,200
Median gross rent	$747	$810
Housing units	1,952	488
Homeownership rate	69.2%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocola	Wister
Population	4,071 → 4,359 (+7.1%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,375 → $48,333 (+6.5%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $134,200 (+38.5%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $747 (+6.6%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Pocola

Population

4,0714,359

Median household income

$45,375$48,333

Median home value

$96,900$134,200

Median gross rent

$701$747

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)

	Pocola	Wister
Under 5	4.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	9.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocola	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	72.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	11.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocola	Wister
No high school diploma	11.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocola	Wister
Drove alone	80.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocola	Wister
1-unit, detached	77.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Pocola	Wister
Poverty rate	16.4%	25.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1983	1978