Coalgate vs Tupelo

A side-by-side comparison of Coalgate and Tupelo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coalgate has the higher population (1,919 vs 358 in Tupelo). Tupelo has the higher median household income ($40,893 vs $37,716 in Coalgate). Coalgate has the higher median home value ($83,200 vs $55,300 in Tupelo).

Population, income & housing

	Coalgate	Tupelo
Population	1,919	358
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,716	$40,893
Median home value	$83,200	$55,300
Median gross rent	$638	$875
Housing units	912	151
Homeownership rate	51.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalgate	Tupelo
Population	1,951 → 1,919 (-1.6%)	306 → 358 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$30,435 → $37,716 (+23.9%)	$24,107 → $40,893 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $83,200 (+12.3%)	$48,300 → $55,300 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $638 (+10.6%)	$660 → $875 (+32.6%)

Coalgate

Population

1,9511,919

Median household income

$30,435$37,716

Median home value

$74,100$83,200

Median gross rent

$577$638

Tupelo

Population

306358

Median household income

$24,107$40,893

Median home value

$48,300$55,300

Median gross rent

$660$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalgate	Tupelo
Under 5	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	15.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalgate	Tupelo
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	63.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	12.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.8%	18.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalgate	Tupelo
No high school diploma	15.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	40.9%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalgate	Tupelo
Drove alone	78.6%	66.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalgate	Tupelo
1-unit, detached	80.5%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Coalgate	Tupelo
Poverty rate	32.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1972	1976