Checotah vs Eufaula

A side-by-side comparison of Checotah and Eufaula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Checotah has the higher population (3,057 vs 2,783 in Eufaula). Eufaula has the higher median household income ($38,594 vs $37,125 in Checotah). Eufaula has the higher median home value ($180,300 vs $111,100 in Checotah).

Population, income & housing

	Checotah	Eufaula
Population	3,057	2,783
Median age	44.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,125	$38,594
Median home value	$111,100	$180,300
Median gross rent	$701	$773
Housing units	1,453	1,425
Homeownership rate	59.8%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Checotah	Eufaula
Population	3,142 → 3,057 (-2.7%)	2,875 → 2,783 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$35,517 → $37,125 (+4.5%)	$32,585 → $38,594 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $111,100 (+28.9%)	$117,900 → $180,300 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $701 (+16.3%)	$580 → $773 (+33.3%)

Checotah

Population

3,1423,057

Median household income

$35,517$37,125

Median home value

$86,200$111,100

Median gross rent

$603$701

Eufaula

Population

2,8752,783

Median household income

$32,585$38,594

Median home value

$117,900$180,300

Median gross rent

$580$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Checotah	Eufaula
Under 5	8.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.2%
75 and over	12.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Checotah	Eufaula
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	69.1%
Black or African American	5.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	14.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.9%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Checotah	Eufaula
No high school diploma	14.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Checotah	Eufaula
Drove alone	80.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Checotah	Eufaula
1-unit, detached	79.8%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Checotah	Eufaula
Poverty rate	20.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1975	1973