Boley vs Okemah

A side-by-side comparison of Boley and Okemah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okemah has the higher population (3,058 vs 1,160 in Boley). Boley has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $65,000 in Okemah). Since 2019, Okemah's population has grown faster (-3.8% vs -6.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Boley	Okemah
Population	1,160	3,058
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,232
Median home value	$92,700	$65,000
Median gross rent	$563	$694
Housing units	121	1,332
Homeownership rate	72.2%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boley	Okemah
Population	1,246 → 1,160 (-6.9%)	3,178 → 3,058 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $29,750 (+19.0%)	$33,942 → $32,232 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $92,700 (+9.1%)	$47,600 → $65,000 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $563 (+18.5%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Boley

Population

1,2461,160

Median household income

$25,000$29,750

Median home value

$85,000$92,700

Median gross rent

$475$563

Okemah

Population

3,1783,058

Median household income

$33,942$32,232

Median home value

$47,600$65,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boley	Okemah
Under 5	0.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	1.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	31.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.1%
75 and over	5.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boley	Okemah
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	59.5%
Black or African American	26.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.7%	25.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boley	Okemah
No high school diploma	22.5%	19.1%
High school graduate	50.3%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boley	Okemah
Drove alone	42.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boley	Okemah
1-unit, detached	66.9%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Boley	Okemah
Poverty rate	48.1%	43.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1986	1966