Panola vs Wilburton

A side-by-side comparison of Panola and Wilburton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilburton has the higher population (2,861 vs 118 in Panola). Wilburton has the higher median household income ($39,195 vs $38,980 in Panola). Wilburton has the higher median home value ($94,400 vs $45,700 in Panola).

Population, income & housing

	Panola	Wilburton
Population	118	2,861
Median age	64.3 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,980	$39,195
Median home value	$45,700	$94,400
Median gross rent	—	$716
Housing units	74	1,250
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panola	Wilburton
Population	34 → 118 (+247.1%)	2,619 → 2,861 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $38,980 (+37.6%)	$33,464 → $39,195 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$44,400 → $45,700 (+2.9%)	$75,400 → $94,400 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$651 → $716 (+10.0%)

Panola

Population

34118

Median household income

$28,333$38,980

Median home value

$44,400$45,700

Wilburton

Population

2,6192,861

Median household income

$33,464$39,195

Median home value

$75,400$94,400

Median gross rent

$651$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Panola	Wilburton
Under 5	9.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	5.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	18.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	21.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	39.0%	5.5%
75 and over	5.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panola	Wilburton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	59.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	24.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panola	Wilburton
No high school diploma	8.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	53.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panola	Wilburton
Drove alone	100.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panola	Wilburton
1-unit, detached	33.8%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Panola	Wilburton
Poverty rate	1.7%	25.1%
Average household size	1.82	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	2003	1974