Okeene vs Watonga

A side-by-side comparison of Okeene and Watonga: population, income, housing, and more.

Okeene and Watonga are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watonga has the higher population (2,633 vs 1,218 in Okeene). Watonga has the higher median household income ($50,765 vs $49,650 in Okeene). Okeene has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $101,900 in Watonga).

Population, income & housing

	Okeene	Watonga
Population	1,218	2,633
Median age	25.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,650	$50,765
Median home value	$104,300	$101,900
Median gross rent	$872	$831
Housing units	541	1,073
Homeownership rate	55.1%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okeene	Watonga
Population	1,156 → 1,218 (+5.4%)	2,881 → 2,633 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $49,650 (+0.6%)	$42,771 → $50,765 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $104,300 (+43.9%)	$81,900 → $101,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $872 (+51.4%)	$560 → $831 (+48.4%)

Okeene

Population

1,1561,218

Median household income

$49,375$49,650

Median home value

$72,500$104,300

Median gross rent

$576$872

Watonga

Population

2,8812,633

Median household income

$42,771$50,765

Median home value

$81,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$560$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okeene	Watonga
Under 5	12.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	28.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okeene	Watonga
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	51.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	9.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okeene	Watonga
No high school diploma	20.0%	19.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okeene	Watonga
Drove alone	87.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okeene	Watonga
1-unit, detached	83.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Okeene	Watonga
Poverty rate	32.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1973	1966