Castle vs Okemah

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

Castle 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 170 in Castle). Castle has the higher median household income ($75,230 vs $32,232 in Okemah). Since 2019, Castle's population has grown faster (+40.5% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Castle	Okemah
Population	170	3,058
Median age	55.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,230	$32,232
Median home value	—	$65,000
Median gross rent	—	$694
Housing units	94	1,332
Homeownership rate	88.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle	Okemah
Population	121 → 170 (+40.5%)	3,178 → 3,058 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $75,230 (+200.9%)	$33,942 → $32,232 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$36,300 → $206,800 (+469.7%)	$47,600 → $65,000 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $667 (+23.5%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Castle

Population

121170

Median household income

$25,000$75,230

Median home value

$36,300$206,800

Median gross rent

$540$667

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)

	Castle	Okemah
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.1%
75 and over	28.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle	Okemah
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.7%	25.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle	Okemah
No high school diploma	16.9%	19.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle	Okemah
Drove alone	89.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle	Okemah
1-unit, detached	88.3%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Castle	Okemah
Poverty rate	6.5%	43.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1991	1966