Panama vs Poteau

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

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

Poteau has the higher population (8,903 vs 1,432 in Panama). Poteau has the higher median household income ($49,789 vs $45,489 in Panama). Poteau has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $121,100 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Panama	Poteau
Population	1,432	8,903
Median age	30.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,489	$49,789
Median home value	$121,100	$142,400
Median gross rent	$833	$818
Housing units	680	3,625
Homeownership rate	65.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panama	Poteau
Population	1,334 → 1,432 (+7.3%)	8,843 → 8,903 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$31,346 → $45,489 (+45.1%)	$40,421 → $49,789 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $121,100 (+101.8%)	$108,500 → $142,400 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $833 (+14.3%)	$652 → $818 (+25.5%)

Panama

Population

1,3341,432

Median household income

$31,346$45,489

Median home value

$60,000$121,100

Median gross rent

$729$833

Poteau

Population

8,8438,903

Median household income

$40,421$49,789

Median home value

$108,500$142,400

Median gross rent

$652$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Panama	Poteau
Under 5	15.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	19.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.0%
75 and over	5.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panama	Poteau
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.2%	9.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panama	Poteau
No high school diploma	12.1%	18.7%
High school graduate	59.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panama	Poteau
Drove alone	82.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panama	Poteau
1-unit, detached	77.5%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Panama	Poteau
Poverty rate	30.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1981	1978