Beggs vs Okmulgee

A side-by-side comparison of Beggs and Okmulgee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okmulgee has the higher population (11,370 vs 1,193 in Beggs). Beggs has the higher median household income ($51,016 vs $39,060 in Okmulgee). Beggs has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $90,200 in Okmulgee).

Population, income & housing

	Beggs	Okmulgee
Population	1,193	11,370
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,016	$39,060
Median home value	$110,500	$90,200
Median gross rent	$645	$799
Housing units	503	5,289
Homeownership rate	76.2%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beggs	Okmulgee
Population	1,562 → 1,193 (-23.6%)	11,846 → 11,370 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$41,583 → $51,016 (+22.7%)	$31,884 → $39,060 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $110,500 (+41.5%)	$70,400 → $90,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $645 (-14.5%)	$626 → $799 (+27.6%)

Beggs

Population

1,5621,193

Median household income

$41,583$51,016

Median home value

$78,100$110,500

Median gross rent

$754$645

Okmulgee

Population

11,84611,370

Median household income

$31,884$39,060

Median home value

$70,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$626$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beggs	Okmulgee
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	24.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beggs	Okmulgee
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	52.2%
Black or African American	12.6%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.9%	16.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.8%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beggs	Okmulgee
No high school diploma	21.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beggs	Okmulgee
Drove alone	81.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beggs	Okmulgee
1-unit, detached	76.1%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Beggs	Okmulgee
Poverty rate	25.5%	23.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1978	1961