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Gas stations in the Altus, OK area

How the Altus, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #342 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
16
12 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,864 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,764
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 gas stations in the Altus area. Chain locations make up 75% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Households in the Altus area spend about $28M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,864 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each station on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Altus area in 2023. That is one for every 652 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $534K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Altus area.

Population estimates show the Altus area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Altus area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #342 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Altus area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Altus, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureAltus areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.414.910.9
Spending per listing$1.7M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6528681,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.1%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,864$2,953$2,595
Median household income$62,799$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4349

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
108
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$534K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Altus area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Altus area

Population, 2025 estimate
24,764+0.1% since 2020
Households
9,775
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
803 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$62,799+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,958
Median home value
$158,400
Jobs located here
8,018
Daytime population
24,259Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for gas stations, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Altus area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bartlesville, OK812511.9$2.5M+2.7%#25 of 536
2Shawnee, OK674817.8$1.7M+3.5%#103 of 536
3Tahlequah, OK623518.7$1.6M+4.5%#150 of 536
4Durant, OK602915.8$1.8M+10.9%#167 of 536
5Duncan, OK573017.1$1.8M+3.4%#197 of 536
6Stillwater, OK565316.3$1.7M+2.8%#211 of 536
7Miami, OK532319.3$1.5M+0.7%#239 of 536
8Ada, OK513221.1$1.4M+1.2%#273 of 536
9Altus, OK431616.4$1.7M+0.1%#342 of 536
10Muskogee, OK405019.4$1.4M+0.7%#379 of 536

Other business types in the Altus area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in the Altus, OK area?

There are 16 gas stations on map listings in the Altus area as of September 2026. 12 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in the Altus, OK area spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $28M a year, or $2,864 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,775 households in the Altus area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Altus, OK area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

The Altus area has 16.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.7M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Altus area would have about 12, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 652 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is the Altus, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Altus area at 24,764 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,775 households. The median household income in the Altus area is $62,799 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Altus area scores 43 for gas stations (lower middle), #342 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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