With 18,557 people, El Reno is a city in Oklahoma. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. The typical home is worth $165,900, having roughly tripled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 34.8. The poverty rate is 19.3%, above the 12.5% national rate. Households take in $56,219 at the median, 32% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,219, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 59%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about El Reno
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.0% → 16.3%(+6.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants67.8% → 60.2%(−7.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Hispanic share4.4% → 22.2%(+17.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
El Reno's population equals 11% of Canadian County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 26% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 21% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.5%(269)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.8%(143)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.9%(256)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.1%(33)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.5%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 803 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
El Reno, decade by decade
El Reno population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,414
$52,866
$91,923
10.0%
46.3
2000
16,212
$56,836
$104,199
12.8%
56.4
2010
16,749
$58,717
$118,107
12.1%
67.4
2020
16,989
$51,704
$138,536
14.8%
74.7
2024
18,557
$56,219
$165,900
16.3%
72.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
