Bowlegs vs Wewoka

A side-by-side comparison of Bowlegs and Wewoka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wewoka has the higher population (3,112 vs 371 in Bowlegs). Bowlegs has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $37,232 in Wewoka). Wewoka has the higher median home value ($63,600 vs $56,300 in Bowlegs).

Population, income & housing

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
Population	371	3,112
Median age	43.9 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$37,232
Median home value	$56,300	$63,600
Median gross rent	$850	$800
Housing units	159	1,538
Homeownership rate	85.8%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
Population	405 → 371 (-8.4%)	3,323 → 3,112 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $58,500 (+25.6%)	$27,791 → $37,232 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $56,300 (+6.2%)	$55,800 → $63,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $850 (+33.2%)	$574 → $800 (+39.4%)

Bowlegs

Population

405371

Median household income

$46,563$58,500

Median home value

$53,000$56,300

Median gross rent

$638$850

Wewoka

Population

3,3233,112

Median household income

$27,791$37,232

Median home value

$55,800$63,600

Median gross rent

$574$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	54.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.8%	21.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
No high school diploma	19.1%	19.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
Drove alone	84.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
1-unit, detached	73.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowlegs	Wewoka
Poverty rate	13.1%	26.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1984	1953