Rock Island vs Talihina

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Island and Talihina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Talihina has the higher population (861 vs 753 in Rock Island). Rock Island has the higher median household income ($42,917 vs $37,932 in Talihina). Rock Island has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $66,500 in Talihina).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Island	Talihina
Population	753	861
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$37,932
Median home value	$127,500	$66,500
Median gross rent	$757	$375
Housing units	330	515
Homeownership rate	77.5%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Island	Talihina
Population	842 → 753 (-10.6%)	992 → 861 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$45,859 → $42,917 (-6.4%)	$28,667 → $37,932 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $127,500 (+29.4%)	$57,700 → $66,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $757 (+13.2%)	$544 → $375 (-31.1%)

Rock Island

Population

842753

Median household income

$45,859$42,917

Median home value

$98,500$127,500

Median gross rent

$669$757

Talihina

Population

992861

Median household income

$28,667$37,932

Median home value

$57,700$66,500

Median gross rent

$544$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Island	Talihina
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.8%
75 and over	8.9%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Island	Talihina
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	59.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.7%	19.9%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Island	Talihina
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Island	Talihina
Drove alone	85.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	16.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Island	Talihina
1-unit, detached	61.2%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Rock Island	Talihina
Poverty rate	29.6%	23.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	37	14
Median year structure built	1990	1970