Checotah vs Shady Grove

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

Checotah and Shady Grove 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 521 in Shady Grove). Shady Grove has the higher median household income ($63,239 vs $37,125 in Checotah). Shady Grove has the higher median home value ($163,500 vs $111,100 in Checotah).

Population, income & housing

	Checotah	Shady Grove
Population	3,057	521
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,125	$63,239
Median home value	$111,100	$163,500
Median gross rent	$701	—
Housing units	1,453	206
Homeownership rate	59.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Checotah	Shady Grove
Population	3,142 → 3,057 (-2.7%)	183 → 521 (+184.7%)
Median household income	$35,517 → $37,125 (+4.5%)	$31,538 → $63,239 (+100.5%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $111,100 (+28.9%)	$83,000 → $163,500 (+97.0%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $701 (+16.3%)	—

Checotah

Population

3,1423,057

Median household income

$35,517$37,125

Median home value

$86,200$111,100

Median gross rent

$603$701

Shady Grove

Population

183521

Median household income

$31,538$63,239

Median home value

$83,000$163,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Checotah	Shady Grove
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	22.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.7%
75 and over	12.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Checotah	Shady Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	61.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	18.6%
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%	19.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Checotah	Shady Grove
No high school diploma	14.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	62.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Checotah	Shady Grove
Drove alone	80.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Checotah	Shady Grove
1-unit, detached	79.8%	54.4%
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%	45.6%

Poverty & households

	Checotah	Shady Grove
Poverty rate	20.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.36	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1975	1997