Choctaw vs Spencer

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

Choctaw and Spencer 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 3,942 in Spencer). Choctaw has the higher median household income ($96,446 vs $57,550 in Spencer). Choctaw has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $119,000 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Spencer
Population	12,208	3,942
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,446	$57,550
Median home value	$223,900	$119,000
Median gross rent	$1,192	$940
Housing units	4,592	1,853
Homeownership rate	89.2%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Spencer
Population	12,474 → 12,208 (-2.1%)	3,995 → 3,942 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$77,917 → $96,446 (+23.8%)	$40,000 → $57,550 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $223,900 (+25.4%)	$80,700 → $119,000 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,192 (+27.1%)	$761 → $940 (+23.5%)

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

Spencer

Population

3,9953,942

Median household income

$40,000$57,550

Median home value

$80,700$119,000

Median gross rent

$761$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Spencer
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.0%
75 and over	7.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	28.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Spencer
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Spencer
Drove alone	84.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.1%
Other means	3.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Spencer
1-unit, detached	95.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Spencer
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1983	1972