Bray vs Empire City

A side-by-side comparison of Bray and Empire City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bray has the higher population (1,002 vs 798 in Empire City). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $75,313 in Bray). Empire City has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $153,000 in Bray).

Population, income & housing

	Bray	Empire City
Population	1,002	798
Median age	49.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$88,750
Median home value	$153,000	$169,000
Median gross rent	$788	$867
Housing units	512	335
Homeownership rate	84.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bray	Empire City
Population	1,057 → 1,002 (-5.2%)	963 → 798 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$64,750 → $75,313 (+16.3%)	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$109,500 → $153,000 (+39.7%)	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $788 (+45.1%)	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)

Bray

Population

1,0571,002

Median household income

$64,750$75,313

Median home value

$109,500$153,000

Median gross rent

$543$788

Empire City

Population

963798

Median household income

$63,438$88,750

Median home value

$115,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$792$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bray	Empire City
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	23.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	21.8%
75 and over	7.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bray	Empire City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	2.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bray	Empire City
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	45.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bray	Empire City
Drove alone	78.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bray	Empire City
1-unit, detached	79.5%	79.1%
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	20.5%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Bray	Empire City
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1978	1981