Okemah vs Weleetka

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

Okemah and Weleetka 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 953 in Weleetka). Weleetka has the higher median household income ($39,292 vs $32,232 in Okemah). Okemah has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $49,600 in Weleetka).

Population, income & housing

	Okemah	Weleetka
Population	3,058	953
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,232	$39,292
Median home value	$65,000	$49,600
Median gross rent	$694	$615
Housing units	1,332	443
Homeownership rate	42.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okemah	Weleetka
Population	3,178 → 3,058 (-3.8%)	958 → 953 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$33,942 → $32,232 (-5.0%)	$29,083 → $39,292 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $65,000 (+36.6%)	$40,800 → $49,600 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)	$482 → $615 (+27.6%)

Okemah

Population

3,1783,058

Median household income

$33,942$32,232

Median home value

$47,600$65,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Weleetka

Population

958953

Median household income

$29,083$39,292

Median home value

$40,800$49,600

Median gross rent

$482$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okemah	Weleetka
Under 5	9.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.1%
75 and over	8.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okemah	Weleetka
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	48.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.6%	20.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	16.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okemah	Weleetka
No high school diploma	19.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	47.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okemah	Weleetka
Drove alone	71.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.8%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okemah	Weleetka
1-unit, detached	71.7%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Okemah	Weleetka
Poverty rate	43.6%	34.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1966	1970