Longtown vs McAlester

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

Longtown 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 2,836 in Longtown). Longtown has the higher median household income ($57,655 vs $48,044 in McAlester). Longtown has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $137,500 in McAlester).

Population, income & housing

	Longtown	McAlester
Population	2,836	18,098
Median age	59.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,655	$48,044
Median home value	$178,400	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,254	$906
Housing units	2,448	8,162
Homeownership rate	86.2%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longtown	McAlester
Population	2,746 → 2,836 (+3.3%)	18,045 → 18,098 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$41,198 → $57,655 (+39.9%)	$43,879 → $48,044 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $178,400 (+111.6%)	$101,600 → $137,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $1,254 (+162.9%)	$730 → $906 (+24.1%)

Longtown

Population

2,7462,836

Median household income

$41,198$57,655

Median home value

$84,300$178,400

Median gross rent

$477$1,254

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)

	Longtown	McAlester
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	8.4%
75 and over	14.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longtown	McAlester
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	9.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.2%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longtown	McAlester
No high school diploma	8.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longtown	McAlester
Drove alone	90.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longtown	McAlester
1-unit, detached	77.3%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Longtown	McAlester
Poverty rate	15.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1987	1969