Fort Gibson vs Simms

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

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

Fort Gibson has the higher population (3,805 vs 495 in Simms). Simms has the higher median household income ($76,817 vs $69,632 in Fort Gibson). Fort Gibson has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $120,300 in Simms).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Gibson	Simms
Population	3,805	495
Median age	37.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,632	$76,817
Median home value	$173,200	$120,300
Median gross rent	$737	—
Housing units	1,781	249
Homeownership rate	67.5%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Gibson	Simms
Population	4,021 → 3,805 (-5.4%)	278 → 495 (+78.1%)
Median household income	$54,044 → $69,632 (+28.8%)	$65,288 → $76,817 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $173,200 (+31.5%)	$95,000 → $120,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $737 (+15.7%)	—

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

Simms

Population

278495

Median household income

$65,288$76,817

Median home value

$95,000$120,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Gibson	Simms
Under 5	7.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	24.2%
75 and over	5.6%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Gibson	Simms
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	56.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.4%	21.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	21.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Gibson	Simms
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Gibson	Simms
Drove alone	81.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	31.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Gibson	Simms
1-unit, detached	73.3%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Gibson	Simms
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1986	1982