Dry Creek vs Tenkiller

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

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

Tenkiller has the higher population (284 vs 207 in Dry Creek). Dry Creek has the higher median household income ($32,031 vs $29,875 in Tenkiller). Tenkiller has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $72,500 in Dry Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
Population	207	284
Median age	60.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,031	$29,875
Median home value	$72,500	$121,800
Housing units	152	125
Homeownership rate	88.1%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
Population	172 → 207 (+20.3%)	686 → 284 (-58.6%)
Median household income	$29,038 → $32,031 (+10.3%)	$37,500 → $29,875 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $72,500 (-6.5%)	$96,500 → $121,800 (+26.2%)

Dry Creek

Population

172207

Median household income

$29,038$32,031

Median home value

$77,500$72,500

Tenkiller

Population

686284

Median household income

$37,500$29,875

Median home value

$96,500$121,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
Under 5	1.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.3%
55 to 64	26.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	19.8%	7.4%
75 and over	19.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	44.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.7%	40.1%
Asian	3.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
No high school diploma	10.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
Drove alone	92.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
1-unit, detached	27.0%	90.4%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.4%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Dry Creek	Tenkiller
Poverty rate	20.3%	48.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	44
Median year structure built	1987	1994