Delaware vs Nowata

A side-by-side comparison of Delaware and Nowata: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nowata has the higher population (3,522 vs 302 in Delaware). Nowata has the higher median household income ($39,853 vs $36,111 in Delaware). Nowata has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $40,000 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware	Nowata
Population	302	3,522
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,111	$39,853
Median home value	$40,000	$84,200
Median gross rent	$642	$729
Housing units	163	1,725
Homeownership rate	80.3%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware	Nowata
Population	416 → 302 (-27.4%)	3,639 → 3,522 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$36,786 → $36,111 (-1.8%)	$32,404 → $39,853 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $40,000 (-12.5%)	$67,000 → $84,200 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $642 (+11.7%)	$587 → $729 (+24.2%)

Delaware

Population

416302

Median household income

$36,786$36,111

Median home value

$45,700$40,000

Median gross rent

$575$642

Nowata

Population

3,6393,522

Median household income

$32,404$39,853

Median home value

$67,000$84,200

Median gross rent

$587$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware	Nowata
Under 5	7.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware	Nowata
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.2%	14.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	14.2%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware	Nowata
No high school diploma	17.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	51.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware	Nowata
Drove alone	77.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware	Nowata
1-unit, detached	73.0%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Delaware	Nowata
Poverty rate	29.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1971	1965