Rocky Ford vs Teresita

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

Rocky Ford and Teresita 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 146 in Teresita). Rocky Ford has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $48,750 in Teresita). Teresita has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $146,200 in Rocky Ford).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
Population	220	146
Median age	49.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,833	$48,750
Median home value	$146,200	$157,100
Housing units	91	61
Homeownership rate	94.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
Population	42 → 220 (+423.8%)	172 → 146 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $80,833 (+93.0%)	$45,313 → $48,750 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $146,200 (+220.6%)	$135,900 → $157,100 (+15.6%)

Rocky Ford

Population

42220

Median household income

$41,875$80,833

Median home value

$45,600$146,200

Teresita

Population

172146

Median household income

$45,313$48,750

Median home value

$135,900$157,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	33.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	19.9%
45 to 54	17.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	24.5%	19.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	4.8%
75 and over	7.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	41.4%	21.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
Drove alone	91.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
1-unit, detached	69.2%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	29.5%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Ford	Teresita
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.06	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1992	1994