Porter, Oklahoma

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

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 302 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

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 16.3% since 2020.

656

people, the 271st-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.

97.7%

of 176 jobs located in Porter are filled by in-commuters.

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

Median rent is up 69% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$756

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 doubles.

A $1,093 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Wagoner County.
- $750 Tract 305.08
- $1,843 Tract 305.05
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

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$696–$1,044

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $756 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

74% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 74% 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 0–0.7% to the 302 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

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 48% less than Oklahoma's.

$104,100

median home value in Porter.
- $104,100 Porter
- $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

Porter, Oklahoma

Porter,
Oklahoma.

Growing. Up 16.3% since 2020.

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

Median rent is up 69% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

74% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 302 homes here.

A median home costs 48% less than Oklahoma's.

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

Growing. Up 16.3% since 2020.

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

Median rent is up 69% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

74% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 302 homes here.

A median home costs 48% less than Oklahoma's.

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