McAlester vs Quinton

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

McAlester and Quinton 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 851 in Quinton). McAlester has the higher median household income ($48,044 vs $37,500 in Quinton). McAlester has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $73,000 in Quinton).

Population, income & housing

	McAlester	Quinton
Population	18,098	851
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,044	$37,500
Median home value	$137,500	$73,000
Median gross rent	$906	$635
Housing units	8,162	408
Homeownership rate	58.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McAlester	Quinton
Population	18,045 → 18,098 (+0.3%)	911 → 851 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$43,879 → $48,044 (+9.5%)	$25,114 → $37,500 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $137,500 (+35.3%)	$59,300 → $73,000 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $906 (+24.1%)	$491 → $635 (+29.3%)

McAlester

Population

18,04518,098

Median household income

$43,879$48,044

Median home value

$101,600$137,500

Median gross rent

$730$906

Quinton

Population

911851

Median household income

$25,114$37,500

Median home value

$59,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$491$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McAlester	Quinton
Under 5	6.3%	10.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.0%
75 and over	7.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McAlester	Quinton
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	72.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.4%	2.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	19.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McAlester	Quinton
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McAlester	Quinton
Drove alone	81.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McAlester	Quinton
1-unit, detached	80.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	McAlester	Quinton
Poverty rate	22.2%	28.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	42
Median year structure built	1969	1974