Fairfax vs Skiatook

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Skiatook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Skiatook has the higher population (8,553 vs 1,018 in Fairfax). Skiatook has the higher median household income ($55,444 vs $39,063 in Fairfax). Skiatook has the higher median home value ($168,600 vs $53,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Skiatook
Population	1,018	8,553
Median age	44.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$55,444
Median home value	$53,500	$168,600
Median gross rent	$570	$956
Housing units	586	3,531
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Skiatook
Population	1,330 → 1,018 (-23.5%)	7,962 → 8,553 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$31,944 → $39,063 (+22.3%)	$47,798 → $55,444 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$37,600 → $53,500 (+42.3%)	$127,900 → $168,600 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $570 (+23.1%)	$868 → $956 (+10.1%)

Fairfax

Population

1,3301,018

Median household income

$31,944$39,063

Median home value

$37,600$53,500

Median gross rent

$463$570

Skiatook

Population

7,9628,553

Median household income

$47,798$55,444

Median home value

$127,900$168,600

Median gross rent

$868$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Skiatook
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.7%
75 and over	10.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Skiatook
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	68.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.8%	12.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.7%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Skiatook
No high school diploma	16.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Skiatook
Drove alone	88.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Skiatook
1-unit, detached	93.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Skiatook
Poverty rate	22.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1952	1986