Tryon vs Wellston

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

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

Wellston has the higher population (908 vs 510 in Tryon). Wellston has the higher median household income ($57,717 vs $52,500 in Tryon). Tryon has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $103,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Tryon	Wellston
Population	510	908
Median age	29.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$57,717
Median home value	$105,900	$103,800
Median gross rent	$532	$790
Housing units	218	464
Homeownership rate	79.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tryon	Wellston
Population	686 → 510 (-25.7%)	793 → 908 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $52,500 (+8.4%)	$47,917 → $57,717 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $105,900 (+42.5%)	$89,300 → $103,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $532 (-14.1%)	$721 → $790 (+9.6%)

Tryon

Population

686510

Median household income

$48,438$52,500

Median home value

$74,300$105,900

Median gross rent

$619$532

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)

	Tryon	Wellston
Under 5	7.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	27.1%
75 and over	9.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tryon	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.9%	2.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tryon	Wellston
No high school diploma	16.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tryon	Wellston
Drove alone	60.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	22.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tryon	Wellston
1-unit, detached	76.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Tryon	Wellston
Poverty rate	20.2%	25.7%
Average household size	3.23	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1972	1989