Comanche vs Velma

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

Comanche and Velma 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 585 in Velma). Velma has the higher median household income ($61,806 vs $39,667 in Comanche). Velma has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $71,200 in Comanche).

Population, income & housing

	Comanche	Velma
Population	1,625	585
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,667	$61,806
Median home value	$71,200	$105,200
Median gross rent	$713	$920
Housing units	848	292
Homeownership rate	58.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comanche	Velma
Population	1,702 → 1,625 (-4.5%)	585 → 585 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$36,190 → $39,667 (+9.6%)	$50,313 → $61,806 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $71,200 (+10.7%)	$84,600 → $105,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $713 (+9.4%)	$592 → $920 (+55.4%)

Comanche

Population

1,7021,625

Median household income

$36,190$39,667

Median home value

$64,300$71,200

Median gross rent

$652$713

Velma

Population

585585

Median household income

$50,313$61,806

Median home value

$84,600$105,200

Median gross rent

$592$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comanche	Velma
Under 5	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.5%
75 and over	21.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comanche	Velma
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	5.8%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comanche	Velma
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	56.7%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comanche	Velma
Drove alone	85.7%	94.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comanche	Velma
1-unit, detached	77.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Comanche	Velma
Poverty rate	27.2%	23.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1967	1974