Perkins vs Stillwater

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

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

Stillwater has the higher population (48,818 vs 3,229 in Perkins). Perkins has the higher median household income ($43,913 vs $42,015 in Stillwater). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $169,700 in Perkins).

Population, income & housing

	Perkins	Stillwater
Population	3,229	48,818
Median age	29.1 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,913	$42,015
Median home value	$169,700	$230,900
Median gross rent	$924	$944
Housing units	1,393	22,237
Homeownership rate	62.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perkins	Stillwater
Population	2,855 → 3,229 (+13.1%)	49,952 → 48,818 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$42,338 → $43,913 (+3.7%)	$34,309 → $42,015 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $169,700 (+52.6%)	$184,900 → $230,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $924 (+22.7%)	$832 → $944 (+13.5%)

Perkins

Population

2,8553,229

Median household income

$42,338$43,913

Median home value

$111,200$169,700

Median gross rent

$753$924

Stillwater

Population

49,95248,818

Median household income

$34,309$42,015

Median home value

$184,900$230,900

Median gross rent

$832$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perkins	Stillwater
Under 5	7.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	28.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	39.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.3%
75 and over	5.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perkins	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	3.4%
Asian	0.7%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perkins	Stillwater
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.5%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perkins	Stillwater
Drove alone	65.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	11.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.2%
Other means	4.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perkins	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	79.8%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	17.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Perkins	Stillwater
Poverty rate	22.1%	29.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1982	1984