Rock Island vs Wister

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

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

Wister has the higher population (1,103 vs 753 in Rock Island). Rock Island has the higher median household income ($42,917 vs $35,655 in Wister). Rock Island has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $93,200 in Wister).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Island	Wister
Population	753	1,103
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$35,655
Median home value	$127,500	$93,200
Median gross rent	$757	$810
Housing units	330	488
Homeownership rate	77.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Island	Wister
Population	842 → 753 (-10.6%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,859 → $42,917 (-6.4%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $127,500 (+29.4%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $757 (+13.2%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Rock Island

Population

842753

Median household income

$45,859$42,917

Median home value

$98,500$127,500

Median gross rent

$669$757

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)

	Rock Island	Wister
Under 5	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.1%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Island	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.7%	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	4.1%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Island	Wister
No high school diploma	14.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Island	Wister
Drove alone	85.8%	89.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Island	Wister
1-unit, detached	61.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Rock Island	Wister
Poverty rate	29.6%	25.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1990	1978