Snake Creek vs Spavinaw

A side-by-side comparison of Snake Creek and Spavinaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spavinaw has the higher population (418 vs 300 in Snake Creek). Snake Creek has the higher median home value ($181,700 vs $57,300 in Spavinaw). Since 2019, Snake Creek's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
Population	300	418
Median age	54.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$29,688
Median home value	$181,700	$57,300
Median gross rent	$822	$640
Housing units	109	223
Homeownership rate	70.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
Population	225 → 300 (+33.3%)	376 → 418 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $80,000 (+60.0%)	$30,179 → $29,688 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $181,700 (+21.1%)	$46,900 → $57,300 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $822 (+23.6%)	$542 → $640 (+18.1%)

Snake Creek

Population

225300

Median household income

$50,000$80,000

Median home value

$150,000$181,700

Median gross rent

$665$822

Spavinaw

Population

376418

Median household income

$30,179$29,688

Median home value

$46,900$57,300

Median gross rent

$542$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	26.7%	9.8%
75 and over	6.0%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	54.3%	14.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
No high school diploma	26.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
Drove alone	82.7%	61.0%
Carpooled	17.3%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
1-unit, detached	67.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Snake Creek	Spavinaw
Poverty rate	16.7%	33.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1978	1965