Ballou vs Spavinaw

A side-by-side comparison of Ballou and Spavinaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spavinaw has the higher population (418 vs 247 in Ballou). Ballou has the higher median household income ($88,594 vs $29,688 in Spavinaw). Ballou has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $57,300 in Spavinaw).

Population, income & housing

	Ballou	Spavinaw
Population	247	418
Median age	29.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,594	$29,688
Median home value	$60,000	$57,300
Median gross rent	—	$640
Housing units	101	223
Homeownership rate	88.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballou	Spavinaw
Population	335 → 247 (-26.3%)	376 → 418 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$96,607 → $88,594 (-8.3%)	$30,179 → $29,688 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $60,000 (-33.7%)	$46,900 → $57,300 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$542 → $640 (+18.1%)

Ballou

Population

335247

Median household income

$96,607$88,594

Median home value

$90,500$60,000

Spavinaw

Population

376418

Median household income

$30,179$29,688

Median home value

$46,900$57,300

Median gross rent

$542$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballou	Spavinaw
Under 5	0.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	15.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.8%
75 and over	0.0%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballou	Spavinaw
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	34.0%	14.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballou	Spavinaw
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	66.4%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballou	Spavinaw
Drove alone	76.4%	61.0%
Carpooled	17.1%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballou	Spavinaw
1-unit, detached	48.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballou	Spavinaw
Poverty rate	26.7%	33.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	50	26
Median year structure built	1987	1965