Poteau vs Spiro

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

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

Poteau has the higher population (8,903 vs 2,205 in Spiro). Poteau has the higher median household income ($49,789 vs $38,667 in Spiro). Poteau has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $97,500 in Spiro).

Population, income & housing

	Poteau	Spiro
Population	8,903	2,205
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,789	$38,667
Median home value	$142,400	$97,500
Median gross rent	$818	$823
Housing units	3,625	1,002
Homeownership rate	61.2%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poteau	Spiro
Population	8,843 → 8,903 (+0.7%)	2,560 → 2,205 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$40,421 → $49,789 (+23.2%)	$33,897 → $38,667 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $142,400 (+31.2%)	$83,600 → $97,500 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $818 (+25.5%)	$686 → $823 (+20.0%)

Poteau

Population

8,8438,903

Median household income

$40,421$49,789

Median home value

$108,500$142,400

Median gross rent

$652$818

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)

	Poteau	Spiro
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poteau	Spiro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.3%	11.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poteau	Spiro
No high school diploma	18.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poteau	Spiro
Drove alone	81.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poteau	Spiro
1-unit, detached	76.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Poteau	Spiro
Poverty rate	20.3%	22.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1978	1980