Del City vs Oklahoma City

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

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

Oklahoma City has the higher population (688,693 vs 21,561 in Del City). Oklahoma City has the higher median household income ($66,702 vs $48,895 in Del City). Oklahoma City has the higher median home value ($215,100 vs $112,800 in Del City).

Population, income & housing

	Del City	Oklahoma City
Population	21,561	688,693
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,895	$66,702
Median home value	$112,800	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,083
Housing units	9,878	302,751
Homeownership rate	55.5%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del City	Oklahoma City
Population	21,822 → 21,561 (-1.2%)	643,692 → 688,693 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$46,485 → $48,895 (+5.2%)	$55,557 → $66,702 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $112,800 (+34.0%)	$158,500 → $215,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,020 (+19.4%)	$871 → $1,083 (+24.3%)

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

Oklahoma City

Population

643,692688,693

Median household income

$55,557$66,702

Median home value

$158,500$215,100

Median gross rent

$871$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del City	Oklahoma City
Under 5	8.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.3%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del City	Oklahoma City
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	51.0%
Black or African American	20.6%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	2.3%
Asian	1.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del City	Oklahoma City
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del City	Oklahoma City
Drove alone	78.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del City	Oklahoma City
1-unit, detached	81.2%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	11.8%
20 or more units	7.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Del City	Oklahoma City
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1964	1981