Dry Creek vs Rocky Ford

A side-by-side comparison of Dry Creek and Rocky Ford: population, income, housing, and more.

Dry Creek and Rocky Ford are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rocky Ford has the higher population (220 vs 207 in Dry Creek). Rocky Ford has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $32,031 in Dry Creek). Rocky Ford has the higher median home value ($146,200 vs $72,500 in Dry Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
Population	207	220
Median age	60.4 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,031	$80,833
Median home value	$72,500	$146,200
Housing units	152	91
Homeownership rate	88.1%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
Population	172 → 207 (+20.3%)	42 → 220 (+423.8%)
Median household income	$29,038 → $32,031 (+10.3%)	$41,875 → $80,833 (+93.0%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $72,500 (-6.5%)	$45,600 → $146,200 (+220.6%)

Dry Creek

Population

172207

Median household income

$29,038$32,031

Median home value

$77,500$72,500

Rocky Ford

Population

42220

Median household income

$41,875$80,833

Median home value

$45,600$146,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
Under 5	1.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	7.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	4.3%	2.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.3%
55 to 64	26.6%	24.5%
65 to 74	19.8%	3.6%
75 and over	19.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	57.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.7%	41.4%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
No high school diploma	10.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
Drove alone	92.9%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
1-unit, detached	27.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	70.4%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Dry Creek	Rocky Ford
Poverty rate	20.3%	13.2%
Average household size	2.05	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1987	1992