Stroud vs Wellston

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

Stroud and Wellston 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 908 in Wellston). Wellston has the higher median household income ($57,717 vs $54,519 in Stroud). Stroud has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $103,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Stroud	Wellston
Population	2,771	908
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,519	$57,717
Median home value	$120,000	$103,800
Median gross rent	$742	$790
Housing units	1,267	464
Homeownership rate	68.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stroud	Wellston
Population	2,714 → 2,771 (+2.1%)	793 → 908 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$45,292 → $54,519 (+20.4%)	$47,917 → $57,717 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $120,000 (+43.4%)	$89,300 → $103,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $742 (+7.8%)	$721 → $790 (+9.6%)

Stroud

Population

2,7142,771

Median household income

$45,292$54,519

Median home value

$83,700$120,000

Median gross rent

$688$742

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)

	Stroud	Wellston
Under 5	4.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	27.1%
75 and over	9.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stroud	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	2.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stroud	Wellston
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	48.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stroud	Wellston
Drove alone	79.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stroud	Wellston
1-unit, detached	84.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Stroud	Wellston
Poverty rate	18.3%	25.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1971	1989