Broken Bow vs Idabel

A side-by-side comparison of Broken Bow and Idabel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idabel has the higher population (6,959 vs 4,215 in Broken Bow). Broken Bow has the higher median household income ($50,744 vs $36,638 in Idabel). Broken Bow has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $121,300 in Idabel).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Bow	Idabel
Population	4,215	6,959
Median age	33.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,744	$36,638
Median home value	$159,000	$121,300
Median gross rent	$667	$701
Housing units	1,713	3,191
Homeownership rate	53.6%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Bow	Idabel
Population	4,104 → 4,215 (+2.7%)	6,924 → 6,959 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$31,596 → $50,744 (+60.6%)	$32,083 → $36,638 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $159,000 (+108.1%)	$75,700 → $121,300 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $667 (+18.3%)	$575 → $701 (+21.9%)

Broken Bow

Population

4,1044,215

Median household income

$31,596$50,744

Median home value

$76,400$159,000

Median gross rent

$564$667

Idabel

Population

6,9246,959

Median household income

$32,083$36,638

Median home value

$75,700$121,300

Median gross rent

$575$701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broken Bow	Idabel
Under 5	5.9%	9.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Bow	Idabel
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	52.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.0%	7.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.9%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Bow	Idabel
No high school diploma	13.7%	15.0%
High school graduate	45.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Bow	Idabel
Drove alone	86.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Bow	Idabel
1-unit, detached	81.4%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Broken Bow	Idabel
Poverty rate	29.7%	29.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1980	1977