Choctaw vs Midwest City

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

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

Midwest City has the higher population (58,170 vs 12,208 in Choctaw). Choctaw has the higher median household income ($96,446 vs $57,739 in Midwest City). Choctaw has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $158,400 in Midwest City).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Midwest City
Population	12,208	58,170
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,446	$57,739
Median home value	$223,900	$158,400
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,046
Housing units	4,592	26,921
Homeownership rate	89.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Midwest City
Population	12,474 → 12,208 (-2.1%)	57,288 → 58,170 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$77,917 → $96,446 (+23.8%)	$49,914 → $57,739 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $223,900 (+25.4%)	$113,400 → $158,400 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,192 (+27.1%)	$867 → $1,046 (+20.6%)

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

Midwest City

Population

57,28858,170

Median household income

$49,914$57,739

Median home value

$113,400$158,400

Median gross rent

$867$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Midwest City
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Midwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	56.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	2.5%
Asian	2.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Midwest City
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Midwest City
Drove alone	84.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.0%
Other means	3.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Midwest City
1-unit, detached	95.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Midwest City
Poverty rate	6.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1983	1974