Okemah vs Welty

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

Okemah and Welty 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 158 in Welty). Welty has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $32,232 in Okemah). Since 2019, Welty's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Okemah	Welty
Population	3,058	158
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,232	$87,500
Median home value	$65,000	—
Median gross rent	$694	—
Housing units	1,332	61
Homeownership rate	42.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okemah	Welty
Population	3,178 → 3,058 (-3.8%)	135 → 158 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$33,942 → $32,232 (-5.0%)	$77,813 → $87,500 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $65,000 (+36.6%)	$80,000 → $112,500 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)	—

Okemah

Population

3,1783,058

Median household income

$33,942$32,232

Median home value

$47,600$65,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Welty

Population

135158

Median household income

$77,813$87,500

Median home value

$80,000$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okemah	Welty
Under 5	9.0%	15.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	18.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	17.1%
75 and over	8.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okemah	Welty
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	70.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.6%	19.6%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okemah	Welty
No high school diploma	19.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	47.9%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okemah	Welty
Drove alone	71.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.9%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okemah	Welty
1-unit, detached	71.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	36.1%

Poverty & households

	Okemah	Welty
Poverty rate	43.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.57	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	41
Median year structure built	1966	1996