What is the population of Altus city?

Altus city has 18,670 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #28 of 846 in Oklahoma.

What is the median household income in Altus city?

Median household income in Altus city is $55,550 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altus city?

Median gross rent is $897 a month and the median home value is $124,800, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.

Is Altus city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altus city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Altus, OK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Altus, Oklahoma (Altus, OK — Census place “Altus city”) is 18,670 residents, ranking #28 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $55,550, the median home is worth $124,800 and median gross rent runs $897 a month. Looking for the Altus Oklahoma ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Altus, OK: 73521, 73523.

Population: 18,670Altus city residents
Median household income: $55,550Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $124,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $897Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.9%Owner-occupied households

Altus ZIP codes (Oklahoma)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Altus.

The Altus OK ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Altus city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Altus city median would spend about 19.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.3% of residents and 55.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Altus city, OK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Altus city is a mid-size town in Oklahoma, with 18,670 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #28 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 33.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Altus city earn a median of $55,550 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 17.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Altus city is valued at $124,800, 58.9% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $897 a month, 36.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 55.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Altus city?: Altus city has 18,670 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #28 of 846 in Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Altus city?: Median household income in Altus city is $55,550 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altus city?: Median gross rent is $897 a month and the median home value is $124,800, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
Is Altus city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altus city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Altus city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.