Elk City, Oklahoma

Elk City population, 2020 to 2024

Elk City lost 137 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Elk City is 92% of it.

Elk City covers 16.06 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 709 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Elk City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elk City is in

All of Elk City's residents live in Beckham County, which had 22,248 residents in 2024. Elk City holds 51.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elk City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elk City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73644. 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 Elk City is

The Census internal point of Elk City is at 35.389600, -99.428700. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 108.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weatherford, OK (12,047 people), 43.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 107.9 miles away.

Daylight in Elk City

At 35.39° N, Elk City gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elk City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Sayre, 13.0 miles away, with 4,841 people.