PlainZIP

Poteau, OK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Poteau, OK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,632. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet POTEAU-OK · Poteau, OK 1 ZIPs · 11,632 pop · #19470/25278 · Le Flore County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $56,341
  • RANK-LOWER #19470/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wister
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,632
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $185,700

Nearest income peer: Wister, OK ( $10 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Poteau

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Poteau on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Poteau, OK sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

23rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,632
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$56,341
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($56,341 average) · poverty 16.4%. The primary code (74953) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Poteau as a pure owner town.

Within Oklahoma, Gans is the closest lower-income city and Crescent the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Poteau.

Population concentration

Poteau reads through its lone ZIP, 74953

11,632 ACS residents, one ZIP: 74953 is not the leading code inside Poteau, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Poteau's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 380 establishments, 3,771 employees , annual payroll $141,959k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 74953 (380 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (68) · also Retail trade · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Poteau, OK

These ZIP codes sit in Le Flore County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Poteau. See the Le Flore County roll-up →

No other city sharing Le Flore County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Poteau. Heavener, Pocola and Talihina sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Heavener marks the far end of that range at $41,367, 27% below Poteau.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
74953 11,632 $56,341 380 33
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Poteau roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Poteau, .