Lenapah vs Nowata

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

Lenapah 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 274 in Lenapah). Lenapah has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $39,853 in Nowata). Nowata has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $52,500 in Lenapah).

Population, income & housing

	Lenapah	Nowata
Population	274	3,522
Median age	29.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$39,853
Median home value	$52,500	$84,200
Median gross rent	$814	$729
Housing units	130	1,725
Homeownership rate	71.6%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenapah	Nowata
Population	297 → 274 (-7.7%)	3,639 → 3,522 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $53,750 (+62.3%)	$32,404 → $39,853 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$51,300 → $52,500 (+2.3%)	$67,000 → $84,200 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $814 (+25.8%)	$587 → $729 (+24.2%)

Lenapah

Population

297274

Median household income

$33,125$53,750

Median home value

$51,300$52,500

Median gross rent

$647$814

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)

	Lenapah	Nowata
Under 5	11.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	2.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenapah	Nowata
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	61.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.3%	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	24.8%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenapah	Nowata
No high school diploma	16.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenapah	Nowata
Drove alone	73.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	17.4%	16.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenapah	Nowata
1-unit, detached	80.8%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Lenapah	Nowata
Poverty rate	18.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1973	1965