Noble vs Norman

A side-by-side comparison of Noble and Norman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norman has the higher population (128,714 vs 7,337 in Noble). Noble has the higher median household income ($85,452 vs $65,060 in Norman). Norman has the higher median home value ($239,300 vs $191,300 in Noble).

Population, income & housing

	Noble	Norman
Population	7,337	128,714
Median age	40.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,452	$65,060
Median home value	$191,300	$239,300
Median gross rent	$921	$1,064
Housing units	3,318	55,616
Homeownership rate	71.7%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noble	Norman
Population	6,837 → 7,337 (+7.3%)	122,837 → 128,714 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$63,150 → $85,452 (+35.3%)	$58,119 → $65,060 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $191,300 (+57.8%)	$183,200 → $239,300 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $921 (+4.5%)	$876 → $1,064 (+21.5%)

Noble

Population

6,8377,337

Median household income

$63,150$85,452

Median home value

$121,200$191,300

Median gross rent

$881$921

Norman

Population

122,837128,714

Median household income

$58,119$65,060

Median home value

$183,200$239,300

Median gross rent

$876$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noble	Norman
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	23.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.1%
75 and over	12.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noble	Norman
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	69.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noble	Norman
No high school diploma	13.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noble	Norman
Drove alone	89.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noble	Norman
1-unit, detached	82.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Noble	Norman
Poverty rate	8.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1989	1988