Empire City vs Marlow

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

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

Marlow has the higher population (4,423 vs 798 in Empire City). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $53,932 in Marlow). Empire City has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $115,100 in Marlow).

Population, income & housing

	Empire City	Marlow
Population	798	4,423
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$53,932
Median home value	$169,000	$115,100
Median gross rent	$867	$800
Housing units	335	1,958
Homeownership rate	90.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire City	Marlow
Population	963 → 798 (-17.1%)	4,489 → 4,423 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)	$42,000 → $53,932 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)	$101,100 → $115,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)	$682 → $800 (+17.3%)

Empire City

Population

963798

Median household income

$63,438$88,750

Median home value

$115,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$792$867

Marlow

Population

4,4894,423

Median household income

$42,000$53,932

Median home value

$101,100$115,100

Median gross rent

$682$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire City	Marlow
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	21.8%	8.3%
75 and over	4.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire City	Marlow
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	1.9%
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%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire City	Marlow
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire City	Marlow
Drove alone	85.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire City	Marlow
1-unit, detached	79.1%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire City	Marlow
Poverty rate	8.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1981	1974