Spiro vs Wister

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

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

Spiro has the higher population (2,205 vs 1,103 in Wister). Spiro has the higher median household income ($38,667 vs $35,655 in Wister). Spiro has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $93,200 in Wister).

Population, income & housing

	Spiro	Wister
Population	2,205	1,103
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,667	$35,655
Median home value	$97,500	$93,200
Median gross rent	$823	$810
Housing units	1,002	488
Homeownership rate	56.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spiro	Wister
Population	2,560 → 2,205 (-13.9%)	1,077 → 1,103 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$33,897 → $38,667 (+14.1%)	$33,083 → $35,655 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $97,500 (+16.6%)	$70,700 → $93,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $823 (+20.0%)	$595 → $810 (+36.1%)

Spiro

Population

2,5602,205

Median household income

$33,897$38,667

Median home value

$83,600$97,500

Median gross rent

$686$823

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)

	Spiro	Wister
Under 5	6.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.1%
75 and over	5.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spiro	Wister
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	72.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	11.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spiro	Wister
No high school diploma	18.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spiro	Wister
Drove alone	82.0%	89.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spiro	Wister
1-unit, detached	68.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Spiro	Wister
Poverty rate	22.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1980	1978