Howe, Oklahoma

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 269 homes here.

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 3.7% since 2020.

643

people, the 273rd-largest of Oklahoma's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Oklahoma's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.9%

of 130 jobs located in Howe are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 28% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$754

a month. Oklahoma's median is $1,014.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $261.

A $261 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Le Flore County.
- $579 Tract 407
- $840 Tract 406.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,044–$1,566

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $754 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 78% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 269 homes here.

1

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 46% less than Oklahoma's.

$108,600

median home value in Howe.
- $108,600 Howe
- $199,800 Oklahoma
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Howe, Oklahoma

Howe,
Oklahoma.

Growing. Up 3.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 28% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $261.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 269 homes here.

A median home costs 46% less than Oklahoma's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 3.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 28% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $261.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 269 homes here.

A median home costs 46% less than Oklahoma's.

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