Choctaw vs Del City

A side-by-side comparison of Choctaw and Del City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Del City has the higher population (21,561 vs 12,208 in Choctaw). Choctaw has the higher median household income ($96,446 vs $48,895 in Del City). Choctaw has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $112,800 in Del City).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Del City
Population	12,208	21,561
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,446	$48,895
Median home value	$223,900	$112,800
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,020
Housing units	4,592	9,878
Homeownership rate	89.2%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Del City
Population	12,474 → 12,208 (-2.1%)	21,822 → 21,561 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$77,917 → $96,446 (+23.8%)	$46,485 → $48,895 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $223,900 (+25.4%)	$84,200 → $112,800 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,192 (+27.1%)	$854 → $1,020 (+19.4%)

Choctaw

Population

12,47412,208

Median household income

$77,917$96,446

Median home value

$178,600$223,900

Median gross rent

$938$1,192

Del City

Population

21,82221,561

Median household income

$46,485$48,895

Median home value

$84,200$112,800

Median gross rent

$854$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Del City
Under 5	5.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Del City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	49.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	20.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	4.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Del City
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Del City
Drove alone	84.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.6%
Other means	3.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Del City
1-unit, detached	95.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Del City
Poverty rate	6.7%	20.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1983	1964