Hardesty vs Optima

A side-by-side comparison of Hardesty and Optima: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hardesty has the higher population (387 vs 226 in Optima). Optima has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $46,500 in Hardesty). Since 2019, Hardesty's population has grown faster (+48.3% vs -45.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hardesty	Optima
Population	387	226
Median age	28.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,294	—
Median home value	$46,500	$73,800
Median gross rent	$488	—
Housing units	146	76
Homeownership rate	82.7%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardesty	Optima
Population	261 → 387 (+48.3%)	413 → 226 (-45.3%)
Median household income	$51,125 → $85,294 (+66.8%)	$53,500 → $81,667 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $46,500 (+1.3%)	$60,900 → $73,800 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $488 (-21.5%)	$681 → $677 (-0.6%)

Hardesty

Population

261387

Median household income

$51,125$85,294

Median home value

$45,900$46,500

Median gross rent

$622$488

Optima

Population

413226

Median household income

$53,500$81,667

Median home value

$60,900$73,800

Median gross rent

$681$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardesty	Optima
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	3.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	33.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	32.3%	18.6%
35 to 44	4.7%	25.7%
45 to 54	20.7%	19.9%
55 to 64	2.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	0.3%	6.2%
75 and over	2.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardesty	Optima
White (non-Hispanic)	12.9%	14.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.3%	85.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardesty	Optima
No high school diploma	25.9%	56.1%
High school graduate	4.1%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	10.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	52.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardesty	Optima
Drove alone	96.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardesty	Optima
1-unit, detached	78.8%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	60.5%

Poverty & households

	Hardesty	Optima
Poverty rate	2.8%	19.5%
Average household size	3.72	4.35
Mean commute (minutes)	48	14
Median year structure built	1982	1977