Checotah vs Rentiesville

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

Checotah and Rentiesville 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 91 in Rentiesville). Checotah has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $78,300 in Rentiesville). Since 2019, Checotah's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Checotah	Rentiesville
Population	3,057	91
Median age	44.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,125	—
Median home value	$111,100	$78,300
Median gross rent	$701	—
Housing units	1,453	53
Homeownership rate	59.8%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Checotah	Rentiesville
Population	3,142 → 3,057 (-2.7%)	122 → 91 (-25.4%)
Median household income	$35,517 → $37,125 (+4.5%)	$30,500 → $63,750 (+109.0%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $111,100 (+28.9%)	$72,500 → $78,300 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $701 (+16.3%)	$633 → $668 (+5.5%)

Checotah

Population

3,1423,057

Median household income

$35,517$37,125

Median home value

$86,200$111,100

Median gross rent

$603$701

Rentiesville

Population

12291

Median household income

$30,500$63,750

Median home value

$72,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$633$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Checotah	Rentiesville
Under 5	8.3%	12.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	2.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	35.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	12.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Checotah	Rentiesville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	19.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	64.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	3.3%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.9%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Checotah	Rentiesville
No high school diploma	14.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Checotah	Rentiesville
Drove alone	80.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Checotah	Rentiesville
1-unit, detached	79.8%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Checotah	Rentiesville
Poverty rate	20.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1975	1987