Panama vs Pocola

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

Panama 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 1,432 in Panama). Pocola has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $45,489 in Panama). Pocola has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $121,100 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Panama	Pocola
Population	1,432	4,359
Median age	30.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,489	$48,333
Median home value	$121,100	$134,200
Median gross rent	$833	$747
Housing units	680	1,952
Homeownership rate	65.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panama	Pocola
Population	1,334 → 1,432 (+7.3%)	4,071 → 4,359 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$31,346 → $45,489 (+45.1%)	$45,375 → $48,333 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $121,100 (+101.8%)	$96,900 → $134,200 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $833 (+14.3%)	$701 → $747 (+6.6%)

Panama

Population

1,3341,432

Median household income

$31,346$45,489

Median home value

$60,000$121,100

Median gross rent

$729$833

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)

	Panama	Pocola
Under 5	15.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.8%
75 and over	5.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panama	Pocola
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.2%	9.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panama	Pocola
No high school diploma	12.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	59.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panama	Pocola
Drove alone	82.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panama	Pocola
1-unit, detached	77.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Panama	Pocola
Poverty rate	30.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1981	1983