Kiowa vs McAlester

A side-by-side comparison of Kiowa and McAlester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McAlester has the higher population (18,098 vs 662 in Kiowa). McAlester has the higher median household income ($48,044 vs $45,625 in Kiowa). McAlester has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $70,900 in Kiowa).

Population, income & housing

	Kiowa	McAlester
Population	662	18,098
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$48,044
Median home value	$70,900	$137,500
Median gross rent	$723	$906
Housing units	345	8,162
Homeownership rate	66.5%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiowa	McAlester
Population	668 → 662 (-0.9%)	18,045 → 18,098 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $45,625 (+3.3%)	$43,879 → $48,044 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $70,900 (+18.6%)	$101,600 → $137,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $723 (+7.3%)	$730 → $906 (+24.1%)

Kiowa

Population

668662

Median household income

$44,167$45,625

Median home value

$59,800$70,900

Median gross rent

$674$723

McAlester

Population

18,04518,098

Median household income

$43,879$48,044

Median home value

$101,600$137,500

Median gross rent

$730$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiowa	McAlester
Under 5	3.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiowa	McAlester
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	9.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	22.8%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiowa	McAlester
No high school diploma	19.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiowa	McAlester
Drove alone	79.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiowa	McAlester
1-unit, detached	70.1%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Kiowa	McAlester
Poverty rate	24.0%	22.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1976	1969