Meeker vs Stroud

A side-by-side comparison of Meeker and Stroud: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stroud has the higher population (2,771 vs 1,292 in Meeker). Stroud has the higher median household income ($54,519 vs $35,813 in Meeker). Stroud has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $90,700 in Meeker).

Population, income & housing

	Meeker	Stroud
Population	1,292	2,771
Median age	31.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,813	$54,519
Median home value	$90,700	$120,000
Median gross rent	$750	$742
Housing units	544	1,267
Homeownership rate	50.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meeker	Stroud
Population	1,349 → 1,292 (-4.2%)	2,714 → 2,771 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $35,813 (-5.5%)	$45,292 → $54,519 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $90,700 (+4.1%)	$83,700 → $120,000 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $750 (+33.2%)	$688 → $742 (+7.8%)

Meeker

Population

1,3491,292

Median household income

$37,917$35,813

Median home value

$87,100$90,700

Median gross rent

$563$750

Stroud

Population

2,7142,771

Median household income

$45,292$54,519

Median home value

$83,700$120,000

Median gross rent

$688$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meeker	Stroud
Under 5	8.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meeker	Stroud
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	7.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meeker	Stroud
No high school diploma	12.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meeker	Stroud
Drove alone	75.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meeker	Stroud
1-unit, detached	74.6%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Meeker	Stroud
Poverty rate	31.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1972	1971