Carney vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Carney and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellston has the higher population (908 vs 512 in Carney). Wellston has the higher median household income ($57,717 vs $53,333 in Carney). Wellston has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $94,700 in Carney).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Wellston
Population	512	908
Median age	33.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$57,717
Median home value	$94,700	$103,800
Median gross rent	$847	$790
Housing units	266	464
Homeownership rate	74.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Wellston
Population	643 → 512 (-20.4%)	793 → 908 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$40,391 → $53,333 (+32.0%)	$47,917 → $57,717 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $94,700 (+18.8%)	$89,300 → $103,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $847 (+12.3%)	$721 → $790 (+9.6%)

Carney

Population

643512

Median household income

$40,391$53,333

Median home value

$79,700$94,700

Median gross rent

$754$847

Wellston

Population

793908

Median household income

$47,917$57,717

Median home value

$89,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$721$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Wellston
Under 5	14.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	27.1%
75 and over	6.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Wellston
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	56.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Wellston
Drove alone	84.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Wellston
1-unit, detached	71.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Wellston
Poverty rate	16.2%	25.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1981	1989