Central High vs Empire City

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

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

Central High has the higher population (1,572 vs 798 in Empire City). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $73,750 in Central High). Central High has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $169,000 in Empire City).

Population, income & housing

	Central High	Empire City
Population	1,572	798
Median age	33.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$88,750
Median home value	$200,200	$169,000
Median gross rent	$1,110	$867
Housing units	554	335
Homeownership rate	85.3%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central High	Empire City
Population	1,244 → 1,572 (+26.4%)	963 → 798 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$65,536 → $73,750 (+12.5%)	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $200,200 (+33.8%)	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,110 (+18.3%)	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)

Central High

Population

1,2441,572

Median household income

$65,536$73,750

Median home value

$149,600$200,200

Median gross rent

$938$1,110

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)

	Central High	Empire City
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.8%
75 and over	4.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central High	Empire City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central High	Empire City
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central High	Empire City
Drove alone	85.2%	85.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central High	Empire City
1-unit, detached	77.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	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	20.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Central High	Empire City
Poverty rate	7.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1991	1981