Taft vs Wainwright

A side-by-side comparison of Taft and Wainwright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wainwright has the higher population (119 vs 79 in Taft). Wainwright has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $63,300 in Taft). Since 2019, Wainwright's population has grown faster (-14.4% vs -45.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Taft	Wainwright
Population	79	119
Median age	50.2 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$29,107	—
Median home value	$63,300	$76,700
Median gross rent	$817	$833
Housing units	69	38
Homeownership rate	51.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taft	Wainwright
Population	145 → 79 (-45.5%)	139 → 119 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $29,107 (-8.7%)	$29,375 → $43,750 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $63,300 (-15.6%)	$55,000 → $76,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $817 (+51.9%)	$742 → $833 (+12.3%)

Taft

Population

14579

Median household income

$31,875$29,107

Median home value

$75,000$63,300

Median gross rent

$538$817

Wainwright

Population

139119

Median household income

$29,375$43,750

Median home value

$55,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$742$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taft	Wainwright
Under 5	2.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	3.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	10.1%
75 and over	13.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taft	Wainwright
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	81.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	8.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taft	Wainwright
No high school diploma	10.4%	25.3%
High school graduate	49.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taft	Wainwright
Drove alone	72.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	17.9%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taft	Wainwright
1-unit, detached	71.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	Taft	Wainwright
Poverty rate	31.2%	21.0%
Average household size	1.84	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1979	1982