Chattanooga vs Medicine Park

A side-by-side comparison of Chattanooga and Medicine Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chattanooga has the higher population (398 vs 344 in Medicine Park). Medicine Park has the higher median household income ($106,750 vs $52,321 in Chattanooga). Medicine Park has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $109,400 in Chattanooga).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
Population	398	344
Median age	31.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$106,750
Median home value	$109,400	$326,800
Median gross rent	$754	$1,188
Housing units	166	265
Homeownership rate	72.6%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
Population	460 → 398 (-13.5%)	299 → 344 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $52,321 (+14.5%)	$53,438 → $106,750 (+99.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $109,400 (+40.1%)	$226,200 → $326,800 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $754 (-28.5%)	$975 → $1,188 (+21.8%)

Chattanooga

Population

460398

Median household income

$45,694$52,321

Median home value

$78,100$109,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$754

Medicine Park

Population

299344

Median household income

$53,438$106,750

Median home value

$226,200$326,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
Under 5	16.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	25.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.2%
75 and over	6.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.5%	2.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
Drove alone	76.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	13.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
1-unit, detached	77.1%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Medicine Park
Poverty rate	15.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1973	2004