Oklahoma · Census place 4023450
Elgin, Oklahoma
Elgin is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma with an estimated 3,613 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 93rd largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,613
- #93 of 212 in Oklahoma
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +57 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 966 / sq mi
- State median 896
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Elgin population, 2020 to 2024
Elgin added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Elgin covers 3.74 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 966 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Elgin is close to the typical town.
What county Elgin is in
All of Elgin's residents live in Comanche County, which had 121,396 residents in 2024. Elgin holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elgin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elgin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73538. 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 Elgin is
The Census internal point of Elgin is at 34.785900, -98.296600. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 66.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawton, OK (90,027 people), 13.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 62.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.785900, -98.296600
- DMS
- 34°47'9.24"N 98°17'47.76"W
- UTM
- 14N 564353.7E 3849526.0N
- Geohash
- 9y4jghwde
- Plus code
- 8663QPP3+99
Daylight in Elgin
At 34.79° N, Elgin gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elgin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Fletcher, 4.5 miles away, with 1,251 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elgin, OK?
3,613 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57 (1.6%) from 3,556 in July 2020.
What county is Elgin in?
Comanche County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elgin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73538.
How far is Elgin from Oklahoma City?
66.3 miles (106.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Elgin.
What is the nearest larger city to Elgin?
Lawton, OK, with 90,027 residents, 13.7 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.