Fort Gibson vs Muskogee

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Gibson and Muskogee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muskogee has the higher population (36,819 vs 3,805 in Fort Gibson). Fort Gibson has the higher median household income ($69,632 vs $48,735 in Muskogee). Fort Gibson has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $124,900 in Muskogee).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
Population	3,805	36,819
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,632	$48,735
Median home value	$173,200	$124,900
Median gross rent	$737	$828
Housing units	1,781	17,027
Homeownership rate	67.5%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
Population	4,021 → 3,805 (-5.4%)	37,624 → 36,819 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$54,044 → $69,632 (+28.8%)	$38,194 → $48,735 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $173,200 (+31.5%)	$92,300 → $124,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $737 (+15.7%)	$685 → $828 (+20.9%)

Fort Gibson

Population

4,0213,805

Median household income

$54,044$69,632

Median home value

$131,700$173,200

Median gross rent

$637$737

Muskogee

Population

37,62436,819

Median household income

$38,194$48,735

Median home value

$92,300$124,900

Median gross rent

$685$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
Under 5	7.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	49.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.4%	14.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	13.0%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	30.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
Drove alone	81.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
1-unit, detached	73.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Gibson	Muskogee
Poverty rate	20.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1986	1971