Ketchum vs Welch

A side-by-side comparison of Ketchum and Welch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Welch has the higher population (633 vs 505 in Ketchum). Ketchum has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $36,042 in Welch). Ketchum has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $108,200 in Welch).

Population, income & housing

	Ketchum	Welch
Population	505	633
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$36,042
Median home value	$124,200	$108,200
Median gross rent	$786	$567
Housing units	290	283
Homeownership rate	63.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ketchum	Welch
Population	411 → 505 (+22.9%)	631 → 633 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $48,750 (+62.5%)	$48,393 → $36,042 (-25.5%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $124,200 (+46.1%)	$75,300 → $108,200 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $786 (+24.6%)	$700 → $567 (-19.0%)

Ketchum

Population

411505

Median household income

$30,000$48,750

Median home value

$85,000$124,200

Median gross rent

$631$786

Welch

Population

631633

Median household income

$48,393$36,042

Median home value

$75,300$108,200

Median gross rent

$700$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ketchum	Welch
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.4%
75 and over	7.3%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ketchum	Welch
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.4%	12.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ketchum	Welch
No high school diploma	11.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ketchum	Welch
Drove alone	89.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ketchum	Welch
1-unit, detached	63.8%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Ketchum	Welch
Poverty rate	23.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1990	1968