Oklahoma · Census place 4001800
Alva, Oklahoma
Alva is a city in Woods County, Oklahoma with an estimated 4,962 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,962
- #76 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- -0.7%
- -33 people
- Land area
- 6.3 sq mi
- Density
- 786 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Alva population, 2020 to 2024
Alva lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Alva covers 6.31 square miles of land, for 786 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Alva is less dense than the typical town.
What county Alva is in
All of Alva's residents live in Woods County, which had 8,582 residents in 2024. Alva holds 57.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alva
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alva by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73717. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alva is
The Census internal point of Alva is at 36.789600, -98.664900. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 110.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodward, OK (11,750 people), 48.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 95.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.789600, -98.664900
- DMS
- 36°47'22.56"N 98°39'53.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 529897.9E 4071584.8N
- Geohash
- 9y9c6c66v
- Plus code
- 8683Q8QP+R2
Daylight in Alva
At 36.79° N, Alva gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alva
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Cherokee, 17.2 miles away, with 1,453 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alva, OK?
4,962 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (0.7%) from 4,995 in July 2020.
What county is Alva in?
Woods County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alva?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73717.
How far is Alva from Oklahoma City?
110.6 miles (178.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Alva.
What is the nearest larger city to Alva?
Woodward, OK, with 11,750 residents, 48.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.