Park Hill vs Tahlequah

A side-by-side comparison of Park Hill and Tahlequah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tahlequah has the higher population (16,513 vs 3,092 in Park Hill). Park Hill has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $48,515 in Tahlequah). Tahlequah has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $153,400 in Park Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
Population	3,092	16,513
Median age	26.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$48,515
Median home value	$153,400	$182,800
Median gross rent	$730	$794
Housing units	1,045	7,503
Homeownership rate	66.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
Population	4,001 → 3,092 (-22.7%)	16,667 → 16,513 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$38,609 → $49,583 (+28.4%)	$37,177 → $48,515 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $153,400 (+53.7%)	$124,600 → $182,800 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $730 (+23.5%)	$681 → $794 (+16.6%)

Park Hill

Population

4,0013,092

Median household income

$38,609$49,583

Median home value

$99,800$153,400

Median gross rent

$591$730

Tahlequah

Population

16,66716,513

Median household income

$37,177$48,515

Median home value

$124,600$182,800

Median gross rent

$681$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
Under 5	8.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	16.1%	22.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.4%
75 and over	3.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	33.2%	31.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.7%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
Drove alone	75.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
1-unit, detached	61.8%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Park Hill	Tahlequah
Poverty rate	23.7%	20.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1988	1987