Hooker vs Optima

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

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

Hooker has the higher population (1,553 vs 226 in Optima). Hooker has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $73,800 in Optima). Since 2019, Hooker's population has grown faster (-10.2% vs -45.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hooker	Optima
Population	1,553	226
Median age	34.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,461	—
Median home value	$143,500	$73,800
Median gross rent	$944	—
Housing units	744	76
Homeownership rate	69.2%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooker	Optima
Population	1,730 → 1,553 (-10.2%)	413 → 226 (-45.3%)
Median household income	$50,167 → $47,461 (-5.4%)	$53,500 → $81,667 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $143,500 (+66.5%)	$60,900 → $73,800 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $944 (+53.7%)	$681 → $677 (-0.6%)

Hooker

Population

1,7301,553

Median household income

$50,167$47,461

Median home value

$86,200$143,500

Median gross rent

$614$944

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)

	Hooker	Optima
Under 5	10.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	25.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	19.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	5.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.2%
75 and over	9.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooker	Optima
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	14.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	85.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooker	Optima
No high school diploma	14.4%	56.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooker	Optima
Drove alone	72.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooker	Optima
1-unit, detached	63.3%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	60.5%

Poverty & households

	Hooker	Optima
Poverty rate	13.2%	19.5%
Average household size	2.51	4.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1975	1977