Pawhuska vs Shidler

A side-by-side comparison of Pawhuska and Shidler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pawhuska has the higher population (2,984 vs 373 in Shidler). Shidler has the higher median household income ($68,553 vs $48,625 in Pawhuska). Pawhuska has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $47,600 in Shidler).

Population, income & housing

	Pawhuska	Shidler
Population	2,984	373
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,625	$68,553
Median home value	$107,900	$47,600
Median gross rent	$541	$788
Housing units	1,593	230
Homeownership rate	65.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawhuska	Shidler
Population	3,481 → 2,984 (-14.3%)	310 → 373 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $48,625 (+24.4%)	$39,688 → $68,553 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $107,900 (+55.0%)	$38,500 → $47,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $541 (-14.4%)	$475 → $788 (+65.9%)

Pawhuska

Population

3,4812,984

Median household income

$39,091$48,625

Median home value

$69,600$107,900

Median gross rent

$632$541

Shidler

Population

310373

Median household income

$39,688$68,553

Median home value

$38,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$475$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawhuska	Shidler
Under 5	4.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.3%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawhuska	Shidler
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	29.5%	6.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	17.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawhuska	Shidler
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	47.2%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawhuska	Shidler
Drove alone	75.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	17.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawhuska	Shidler
1-unit, detached	71.2%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Pawhuska	Shidler
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1960	1950