Cushing vs Perkins

A side-by-side comparison of Cushing and Perkins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cushing has the higher population (8,336 vs 3,229 in Perkins). Cushing has the higher median household income ($44,282 vs $43,913 in Perkins). Perkins has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $112,100 in Cushing).

Population, income & housing

	Cushing	Perkins
Population	8,336	3,229
Median age	35.4 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,282	$43,913
Median home value	$112,100	$169,700
Median gross rent	$772	$924
Housing units	3,721	1,393
Homeownership rate	51.9%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushing	Perkins
Population	7,746 → 8,336 (+7.6%)	2,855 → 3,229 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$42,106 → $44,282 (+5.2%)	$42,338 → $43,913 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $112,100 (+31.0%)	$111,200 → $169,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $772 (+14.5%)	$753 → $924 (+22.7%)

Cushing

Population

7,7468,336

Median household income

$42,106$44,282

Median home value

$85,600$112,100

Median gross rent

$674$772

Perkins

Population

2,8553,229

Median household income

$42,338$43,913

Median home value

$111,200$169,700

Median gross rent

$753$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cushing	Perkins
Under 5	6.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	28.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushing	Perkins
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushing	Perkins
No high school diploma	12.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	47.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushing	Perkins
Drove alone	77.8%	65.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	11.4%
Other means	0.9%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cushing	Perkins
1-unit, detached	82.4%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Cushing	Perkins
Poverty rate	24.7%	22.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1959	1982