Heavener vs Pocola

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

Heavener 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 2,998 in Heavener). Pocola has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $39,356 in Heavener). Pocola has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $57,100 in Heavener).

Population, income & housing

	Heavener	Pocola
Population	2,998	4,359
Median age	34.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,356	$48,333
Median home value	$57,100	$134,200
Median gross rent	$756	$747
Housing units	1,291	1,952
Homeownership rate	64.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heavener	Pocola
Population	3,324 → 2,998 (-9.8%)	4,071 → 4,359 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$33,950 → $39,356 (+15.9%)	$45,375 → $48,333 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$53,300 → $57,100 (+7.1%)	$96,900 → $134,200 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $756 (+28.8%)	$701 → $747 (+6.6%)

Heavener

Population

3,3242,998

Median household income

$33,950$39,356

Median home value

$53,300$57,100

Median gross rent

$587$756

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)

	Heavener	Pocola
Under 5	10.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.8%
75 and over	5.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heavener	Pocola
White (non-Hispanic)	46.8%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	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	8.3%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heavener	Pocola
No high school diploma	27.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heavener	Pocola
Drove alone	82.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heavener	Pocola
1-unit, detached	77.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Heavener	Pocola
Poverty rate	34.3%	16.4%
Average household size	3.06	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1968	1983