What is the population of Wakita town?

Wakita town has 290 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #474 of 846 in Oklahoma.

What is the median household income in Wakita town?

Median household income in Wakita town is $35,795 a year, 54.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wakita town?

Median gross rent is $611 a month and the median home value is $31,700, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.

Is Wakita town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 0.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wakita town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wakita, OK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wakita, Oklahoma (Wakita, OK — Census place “Wakita town”) is 290 residents, ranking #474 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $35,795, the median home is worth $31,700 and median gross rent runs $611 a month. Looking for the Wakita Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wakita, OK: 73771.

Population: 290Wakita town residents
Median household income: $35,795Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $31,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $611Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.3%Owner-occupied households

Wakita ZIP codes (Oklahoma)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wakita.

The Wakita OK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

73771

What the numbers mean in Wakita town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wakita town median would spend about 20.5% 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 0.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.3% of residents and 62.3% of households own their home.

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

Wakita town, OK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wakita town is a very small community in Oklahoma, with 290 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #474 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 44% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wakita town earn a median of $35,795 a year, 54.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 13.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wakita town is valued at $31,700, 89.6% below the national figure and 75% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $611 a month, 56.5% below the national figure, or roughly $7,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 0.9×, 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. 62.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 290 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Wakita town against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Wakita town?: Wakita town has 290 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #474 of 846 in Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Wakita town?: Median household income in Wakita town is $35,795 a year, 54.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wakita town?: Median gross rent is $611 a month and the median home value is $31,700, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.
Is Wakita town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 0.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wakita town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wakita town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.