Locust Grove vs Pryor Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Locust Grove and Pryor Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Locust Grove and Pryor Creek are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pryor Creek has the higher population (9,520 vs 1,445 in Locust Grove). Locust Grove has the higher median household income ($44,853 vs $42,500 in Pryor Creek). Pryor Creek has the higher median home value ($146,200 vs $103,500 in Locust Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
Population	1,445	9,520
Median age	36.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,853	$42,500
Median home value	$103,500	$146,200
Median gross rent	$667	$918
Housing units	643	4,217
Homeownership rate	59.1%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
Population	1,600 → 1,445 (-9.7%)	9,394 → 9,520 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$33,065 → $44,853 (+35.7%)	$45,469 → $42,500 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $103,500 (+33.9%)	$102,900 → $146,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $667 (+2.0%)	$752 → $918 (+22.1%)

Locust Grove

Population

1,6001,445

Median household income

$33,065$44,853

Median home value

$77,300$103,500

Median gross rent

$654$667

Pryor Creek

Population

9,3949,520

Median household income

$45,469$42,500

Median home value

$102,900$146,200

Median gross rent

$752$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
Under 5	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.5%
75 and over	2.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	65.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	47.5%	16.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
No high school diploma	12.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
Drove alone	73.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	13.5%	10.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
1-unit, detached	74.7%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Locust Grove	Pryor Creek
Poverty rate	21.1%	22.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	1974