Forest Park vs Lake Aluma

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Park and Lake Aluma: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Park and Lake Aluma are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Park has the higher population (883 vs 64 in Lake Aluma). Lake Aluma has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $111,250 in Forest Park). Lake Aluma has the higher median home value ($1,052,100 vs $274,700 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
Population	883	64
Median age	62.8 yrs	69.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$250,001
Median home value	$274,700	$1,052,100
Housing units	390	32
Homeownership rate	94.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
Population	1,008 → 883 (-12.4%)	61 → 64 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$73,088 → $111,250 (+52.2%)	$228,750 → $250,001 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $274,700 (+23.3%)	$784,100 → $1,052,100 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,094 (+3.8%)	—

Forest Park

Population

1,008883

Median household income

$73,088$111,250

Median home value

$222,700$274,700

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,094

Lake Aluma

Population

6164

Median household income

$228,750$250,001

Median home value

$784,100$1,052,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	20.7%	39.1%
75 and over	25.6%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	47.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	5.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	55.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
Drove alone	79.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
1-unit, detached	99.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Lake Aluma
Poverty rate	0.9%	20.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1966	1956