Flute Springs vs Short

A side-by-side comparison of Flute Springs and Short: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Short has the higher population (138 vs 95 in Flute Springs). Flute Springs has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $26,591 in Short). Flute Springs has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $109,600 in Short).

Population, income & housing

	Flute Springs	Short
Population	95	138
Median age	36.5 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$26,591
Median home value	$117,200	$109,600
Housing units	43	91
Homeownership rate	73.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flute Springs	Short
Population	119 → 95 (-20.2%)	298 → 138 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $51,667 (+53.1%)	$73,684 → $26,591 (-63.9%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $117,200 (+41.2%)	$64,500 → $109,600 (+69.9%)

Flute Springs

Population

11995

Median household income

$33,750$51,667

Median home value

$83,000$117,200

Short

Population

298138

Median household income

$73,684$26,591

Median home value

$64,500$109,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flute Springs	Short
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	20.0%	1.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	47.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flute Springs	Short
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	57.9%	10.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flute Springs	Short
No high school diploma	14.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flute Springs	Short
Drove alone	64.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	26.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flute Springs	Short
1-unit, detached	83.7%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	57.1%

Poverty & households

	Flute Springs	Short
Poverty rate	13.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	45	—
Median year structure built	1983	1986