Choctaw vs Nichols Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Choctaw and Nichols Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Choctaw has the higher population (12,208 vs 3,838 in Nichols Hills). Nichols Hills has the higher median household income ($203,750 vs $96,446 in Choctaw). Nichols Hills has the higher median home value ($855,300 vs $223,900 in Choctaw).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
Population	12,208	3,838
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,446	$203,750
Median home value	$223,900	$855,300
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,444
Housing units	4,592	1,689
Homeownership rate	89.2%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
Population	12,474 → 12,208 (-2.1%)	3,891 → 3,838 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$77,917 → $96,446 (+23.8%)	$186,912 → $203,750 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $223,900 (+25.4%)	$799,900 → $855,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,192 (+27.1%)	$1,914 → $1,444 (-24.6%)

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

Nichols Hills

Population

3,8913,838

Median household income

$186,912$203,750

Median home value

$799,900$855,300

Median gross rent

$1,914$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.5%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
Drove alone	84.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.2%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
1-unit, detached	95.6%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Nichols Hills
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1983	1959