Oktaha vs Simms

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

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

Simms has the higher population (495 vs 240 in Oktaha). Simms has the higher median household income ($76,817 vs $53,542 in Oktaha). Simms has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $89,300 in Oktaha).

Population, income & housing

	Oktaha	Simms
Population	240	495
Median age	35.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$76,817
Median home value	$89,300	$120,300
Median gross rent	$857	—
Housing units	109	249
Homeownership rate	78.3%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oktaha	Simms
Population	348 → 240 (-31.0%)	278 → 495 (+78.1%)
Median household income	$43,594 → $53,542 (+22.8%)	$65,288 → $76,817 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $89,300 (+41.1%)	$95,000 → $120,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $857 (+16.1%)	—

Oktaha

Population

348240

Median household income

$43,594$53,542

Median home value

$63,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$738$857

Simms

Population

278495

Median household income

$65,288$76,817

Median home value

$95,000$120,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oktaha	Simms
Under 5	6.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	25.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	24.2%
75 and over	5.0%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oktaha	Simms
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	56.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.3%	21.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	21.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oktaha	Simms
No high school diploma	14.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	46.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oktaha	Simms
Drove alone	76.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	13.5%	31.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oktaha	Simms
1-unit, detached	57.8%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Oktaha	Simms
Poverty rate	11.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1980	1982