Idabel vs Wright City

A side-by-side comparison of Idabel and Wright City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idabel has the higher population (6,959 vs 535 in Wright City). Wright City has the higher median household income ($38,472 vs $36,638 in Idabel). Idabel has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $58,000 in Wright City).

Population, income & housing

	Idabel	Wright City
Population	6,959	535
Median age	33.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,638	$38,472
Median home value	$121,300	$58,000
Median gross rent	$701	$730
Housing units	3,191	217
Homeownership rate	52.8%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idabel	Wright City
Population	6,924 → 6,959 (+0.5%)	727 → 535 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $36,638 (+14.2%)	$27,917 → $38,472 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $121,300 (+60.2%)	$51,500 → $58,000 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $701 (+21.9%)	$458 → $730 (+59.4%)

Idabel

Population

6,9246,959

Median household income

$32,083$36,638

Median home value

$75,700$121,300

Median gross rent

$575$701

Wright City

Population

727535

Median household income

$27,917$38,472

Median home value

$51,500$58,000

Median gross rent

$458$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idabel	Wright City
Under 5	9.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	25.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idabel	Wright City
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	42.1%
Black or African American	16.8%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	31.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idabel	Wright City
No high school diploma	15.0%	21.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idabel	Wright City
Drove alone	78.9%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.5%
Other means	2.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idabel	Wright City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Idabel	Wright City
Poverty rate	29.8%	21.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1977	1974