Empire City vs Loco

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

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

Empire City has the higher population (798 vs 86 in Loco). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $35,625 in Loco). Empire City has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $50,000 in Loco).

Population, income & housing

	Empire City	Loco
Population	798	86
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$35,625
Median home value	$169,000	$50,000
Median gross rent	$867	$775
Housing units	335	51
Homeownership rate	90.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire City	Loco
Population	963 → 798 (-17.1%)	97 → 86 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)	$21,250 → $35,625 (+67.6%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)	$46,700 → $50,000 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)	—

Empire City

Population

963798

Median household income

$63,438$88,750

Median home value

$115,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$792$867

Loco

Population

9786

Median household income

$21,250$35,625

Median home value

$46,700$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire City	Loco
Under 5	5.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	14.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	21.8%	15.1%
75 and over	4.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire City	Loco
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire City	Loco
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	73.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire City	Loco
Drove alone	85.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	16.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire City	Loco
1-unit, detached	79.1%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
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	20.9%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Empire City	Loco
Poverty rate	8.3%	30.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1981	1976