Vinita vs Welch

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

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

Vinita has the higher population (5,229 vs 633 in Welch). Vinita has the higher median household income ($41,140 vs $36,042 in Welch). Welch has the higher median home value ($108,200 vs $92,200 in Vinita).

Population, income & housing

	Vinita	Welch
Population	5,229	633
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,140	$36,042
Median home value	$92,200	$108,200
Median gross rent	$842	$567
Housing units	2,581	283
Homeownership rate	60.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vinita	Welch
Population	5,423 → 5,229 (-3.6%)	631 → 633 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$37,953 → $41,140 (+8.4%)	$48,393 → $36,042 (-25.5%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $92,200 (+16.3%)	$75,300 → $108,200 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $842 (+8.9%)	$700 → $567 (-19.0%)

Vinita

Population

5,4235,229

Median household income

$37,953$41,140

Median home value

$79,300$92,200

Median gross rent

$773$842

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)

	Vinita	Welch
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.4%
75 and over	8.1%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vinita	Welch
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	71.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.9%	12.8%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vinita	Welch
No high school diploma	19.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vinita	Welch
Drove alone	76.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vinita	Welch
1-unit, detached	74.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	10.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Vinita	Welch
Poverty rate	24.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1965	1968