Meeker vs Wellston

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

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

Meeker has the higher population (1,292 vs 908 in Wellston). Wellston has the higher median household income ($57,717 vs $35,813 in Meeker). Wellston has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $90,700 in Meeker).

Population, income & housing

	Meeker	Wellston
Population	1,292	908
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,813	$57,717
Median home value	$90,700	$103,800
Median gross rent	$750	$790
Housing units	544	464
Homeownership rate	50.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meeker	Wellston
Population	1,349 → 1,292 (-4.2%)	793 → 908 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $35,813 (-5.5%)	$47,917 → $57,717 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $90,700 (+4.1%)	$89,300 → $103,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $750 (+33.2%)	$721 → $790 (+9.6%)

Meeker

Population

1,3491,292

Median household income

$37,917$35,813

Median home value

$87,100$90,700

Median gross rent

$563$750

Wellston

Population

793908

Median household income

$47,917$57,717

Median home value

$89,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$721$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meeker	Wellston
Under 5	8.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	27.1%
75 and over	7.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meeker	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	2.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meeker	Wellston
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meeker	Wellston
Drove alone	75.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meeker	Wellston
1-unit, detached	74.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Meeker	Wellston
Poverty rate	31.7%	25.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1972	1989