With 852 people, Lost City is a city in Oklahoma. 89% of homes are owner-occupied. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The foreign-born share is 0%. The typical home is worth $154,400, having roughly tripled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 35.0.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,375, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lost City
What changed most since 2000
Hispanic share1.1% → 16.3%(+15.2 pts)US over the same years: +6.3 pts
Poverty rate15.4% → 6.8%(−8.6 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
White share55.0% → 36.0%(−19.0 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
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)69.8%(37)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.9%(10)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era7.5%(4)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 53 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
Lost City, decade by decade
Lost City 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
2000
809
$53,043
$100,191
15.4%
63.6
2010
770
$51,748
$115,661
14.9%
51.4
2020
767
$57,824
$110,296
21.8%
64.0
2024
852
$64,375
$154,400
22.9%
78.6
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.
