Arkoma vs Pocola

A side-by-side comparison of Arkoma and Pocola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocola has the higher population (4,359 vs 2,001 in Arkoma). Pocola has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $39,236 in Arkoma). Pocola has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $67,300 in Arkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arkoma	Pocola
Population	2,001	4,359
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,236	$48,333
Median home value	$67,300	$134,200
Median gross rent	$677	$747
Housing units	813	1,952
Homeownership rate	59.9%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkoma	Pocola
Population	1,821 → 2,001 (+9.9%)	4,071 → 4,359 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$27,708 → $39,236 (+41.6%)	$45,375 → $48,333 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $67,300 (-5.1%)	$96,900 → $134,200 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $677 (+19.6%)	$701 → $747 (+6.6%)

Arkoma

Population

1,8212,001

Median household income

$27,708$39,236

Median home value

$70,900$67,300

Median gross rent

$566$677

Pocola

Population

4,0714,359

Median household income

$45,375$48,333

Median home value

$96,900$134,200

Median gross rent

$701$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkoma	Pocola
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.8%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkoma	Pocola
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkoma	Pocola
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkoma	Pocola
Drove alone	84.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.9%
Other means	3.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkoma	Pocola
1-unit, detached	74.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Arkoma	Pocola
Poverty rate	27.5%	16.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1971	1983