Locust Grove vs Salina

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

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

Locust Grove has the higher population (1,445 vs 1,100 in Salina). Locust Grove has the higher median household income ($44,853 vs $43,636 in Salina). Salina has the higher median home value ($103,700 vs $103,500 in Locust Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Grove	Salina
Population	1,445	1,100
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,853	$43,636
Median home value	$103,500	$103,700
Median gross rent	$667	$738
Housing units	643	502
Homeownership rate	59.1%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Grove	Salina
Population	1,600 → 1,445 (-9.7%)	1,225 → 1,100 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$33,065 → $44,853 (+35.7%)	$36,970 → $43,636 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $103,500 (+33.9%)	$79,400 → $103,700 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $667 (+2.0%)	$673 → $738 (+9.7%)

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

Salina

Population

1,2251,100

Median household income

$36,970$43,636

Median home value

$79,400$103,700

Median gross rent

$673$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Grove	Salina
Under 5	5.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.1%
75 and over	2.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Grove	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	47.5%	27.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	11.8%	23.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Grove	Salina
No high school diploma	12.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Grove	Salina
Drove alone	73.6%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	7.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Grove	Salina
1-unit, detached	74.7%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Locust Grove	Salina
Poverty rate	21.1%	34.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1976	1978