Welch vs White Oak

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

Welch and White Oak 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 245 in White Oak). White Oak has the higher median household income ($48,991 vs $36,042 in Welch). Since 2019, Welch's population has grown faster (+0.3% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Welch	White Oak
Population	633	245
Median age	37.2 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,042	$48,991
Median home value	$108,200	—
Median gross rent	$567	—
Housing units	283	135
Homeownership rate	70.4%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Welch	White Oak
Population	631 → 633 (+0.3%)	259 → 245 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $36,042 (-25.5%)	$40,536 → $48,991 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $108,200 (+43.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$700 → $567 (-19.0%)	$675 → $725 (+7.4%)

Welch

Population

631633

Median household income

$48,393$36,042

Median home value

$75,300$108,200

Median gross rent

$700$567

White Oak

Population

259245

Median household income

$40,536$48,991

Median gross rent

$675$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Welch	White Oak
Under 5	6.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.2%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	30.6%
75 and over	17.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Welch	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	67.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.8%	23.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Welch	White Oak
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Welch	White Oak
Drove alone	79.6%	66.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	26.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Welch	White Oak
1-unit, detached	80.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Welch	White Oak
Poverty rate	21.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.52	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1968	1983