Deer Lick vs Drowning Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Lick and Drowning Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Lick and Drowning Creek are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Drowning Creek has the higher population (135 vs 93 in Deer Lick). Since 2019, Deer Lick's population has grown faster (+220.7% vs -44.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
Population	93	135
Median age	56.0 yrs	70.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,516
Median home value	—	$36,400
Housing units	51	202
Homeownership rate	56.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
Population	29 → 93 (+220.7%)	244 → 135 (-44.7%)
Median household income	—	$30,461 → $43,516 (+42.9%)
Median home value	—	$30,500 → $36,400 (+19.3%)

Deer Lick

Population

2993

Drowning Creek

Population

244135

Median household income

$30,461$43,516

Median home value

$30,500$36,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	87.1%	27.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	39.3%
75 and over	0.0%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	36.6%	10.4%
Asian	18.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
No high school diploma	18.3%	28.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	68.8%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
Drove alone	58.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
1-unit, detached	66.7%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lick	Drowning Creek
Poverty rate	55.9%	8.9%
Average household size	1.82	1.63
Median year structure built	1993	1975