What is the population of Wister town?

Wister town has 1,103 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #224 of 846 in Oklahoma.

What is the median household income in Wister town?

Median household income in Wister town is $35,655 a year, 54.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $810 a month and the median home value is $93,200, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wister town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wister, OK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wister, Oklahoma (Wister, OK — Census place “Wister town”) is 1,103 residents, ranking #224 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $35,655, the median home is worth $93,200 and median gross rent runs $810 a month. Looking for the Wister Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wister, OK: 74966.

Population: 1,103Wister town residents
Median household income: $35,655Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $93,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $810Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.1%Owner-occupied households

Wister ZIP codes (Oklahoma)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wister.

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

74966

What the numbers mean in Wister town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wister town median would spend about 27.3% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.5% of residents and 64.1% of households own their home.

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

Wister town, OK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wister town is a small town in Oklahoma, with 1,103 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #224 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 35.9 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 Wister town earn a median of $35,655 a year, 54.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 25.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wister town is valued at $93,200, 69.3% below the national figure and 26% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $810 a month, 42.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,720 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.3% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Wister town?: Wister town has 1,103 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #224 of 846 in Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Wister town?: Median household income in Wister town is $35,655 a year, 54.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wister town?: Median gross rent is $810 a month and the median home value is $93,200, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.
Is Wister town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wister town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wister 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.