Comanche vs Empire City

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

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

Comanche has the higher population (1,625 vs 798 in Empire City). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $39,667 in Comanche). Empire City has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $71,200 in Comanche).

Population, income & housing

	Comanche	Empire City
Population	1,625	798
Median age	45.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,667	$88,750
Median home value	$71,200	$169,000
Median gross rent	$713	$867
Housing units	848	335
Homeownership rate	58.6%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comanche	Empire City
Population	1,702 → 1,625 (-4.5%)	963 → 798 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$36,190 → $39,667 (+9.6%)	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $71,200 (+10.7%)	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $713 (+9.4%)	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)

Comanche

Population

1,7021,625

Median household income

$36,190$39,667

Median home value

$64,300$71,200

Median gross rent

$652$713

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)

	Comanche	Empire City
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	21.8%
75 and over	21.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comanche	Empire City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comanche	Empire City
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	56.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comanche	Empire City
Drove alone	85.7%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comanche	Empire City
1-unit, detached	77.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Comanche	Empire City
Poverty rate	27.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1967	1981