Shady Point vs Wister

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

Shady Point 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 1,010 in Shady Point). Shady Point has the higher median household income ($47,212 vs $35,655 in Wister). Shady Point has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $93,200 in Wister).

Population, income & housing

	Shady Point	Wister
Population	1,010	1,103
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,212	$35,655
Median home value	$97,500	$93,200
Median gross rent	$638	$810
Housing units	468	488
Homeownership rate	68.2%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shady Point	Wister
Population	1,144 → 1,010 (-11.7%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$34,643 → $47,212 (+36.3%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $97,500 (+22.8%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $638 (-4.3%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Shady Point

Population

1,1441,010

Median household income

$34,643$47,212

Median home value

$79,400$97,500

Median gross rent

$667$638

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)

	Shady Point	Wister
Under 5	6.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shady Point	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.3%	11.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shady Point	Wister
No high school diploma	10.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shady Point	Wister
Drove alone	89.4%	89.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shady Point	Wister
1-unit, detached	81.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Shady Point	Wister
Poverty rate	31.5%	25.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1984	1978