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Population (year 2000): 9,859. Estimated
population in July 2005: 9,738 (-1.2% change)
Males: 4,781 (48.5%), Females: 5,078 (51.5%)
Custer County
Zip code:
73096
Median resident age: 24.1 years
Median household income: $26,908 (year 2000)
Median house value: $82,200 (year 2000)
Races in Weatherford:
- White Non-Hispanic (85.4%)
- American Indian (6.8%)
- Hispanic (4.3%)
- Two or more races (2.8%)
- Black (1.9%)
- Other race (1.8%)
Ancestries: German (21.6%), United States
(11.3%), Irish (9.8%), English (8.4%), Dutch (3.4%), French
(1.9%).
Elevation: 1647 feet
Land area: 5.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Weatherford
- High school or higher: 91.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 37.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.1%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Weatherford city
- Never married: 43.2%
- Now married: 42.3%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 4.9%
- Divorced: 8.0%
3.0% Foreign born (1.6% Latin America, 0.9%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -312 (-3.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Weatherford:
- SOUTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (215 NORTH
KANSAS)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Weatherford:
- CLINTON INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; CLINTON,
OK)
- INTEGRIS CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
CLINTON, OK)
- CORDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; CORDELL,
OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Weatherford:
- HENRY POST AAF (about 66 miles; FORT SILL, OK; ID:
FSI)
- LAWTON-FORT SILL REGIONAL (about 70 miles; LAWTON,
OK; ID: LAW)
- ALTUS AFB (about 73 miles; ALTUS, OK; ID: LTS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Weatherford:
- THOMAS P STAFFORD (about 3 miles; WEATHERFORD, OK;
ID: F91)
- THOMAS MUNI (about 14 miles; THOMAS, OK; ID: 1O4)
- CLINTON MUNI (about 15 miles; CLINTON, OK; ID: CLK)
College/University in Weatherford:
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
(Full-time enrollment: 4,360; Location: 100 CAMPUS DR;
Public; Website: www.swosu.edu; Offers Master's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Weatherford:
- CAMERON UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; LAWTON, OK;
Full-time enrollment: 3,529)
- SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles;
BETHANY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,002)
- OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY-OKLAHOMA CITY (about 79
miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,164)
- OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles;
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 5,220)
- OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 3,234)
- UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (about
83 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,447)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (about 88 miles;
EDMOND, OK; FT enrollment: 10,926)
Public high school in Weatherford:
- WEATHERFORD HS (Students: 528; Location: 1500
NORTH WASHINGTON STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Weatherford:
- BURCHAM ES (Students: 359; Location: 1401
LARK ST.; Grades: PK - 01)
- WEATHERFORD MS (Students: 356; Location: 509
N. CUSTER; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WEATHERFORD EAST ES (Students: 246; Location:
701 E. PROCTOR STREET; Grades: 02 - 03)
- WEATHERFORD WEST ES (Students: 245; Location:
811 WEST HUBER; Grades: 04 - 05)
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