Stillwater vs Yale

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

Stillwater and Yale 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 1,054 in Yale). Stillwater has the higher median household income ($42,015 vs $38,462 in Yale). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($230,900 vs $84,700 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	Stillwater	Yale
Population	48,818	1,054
Median age	23.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,015	$38,462
Median home value	$230,900	$84,700
Median gross rent	$944	$848
Housing units	22,237	588
Homeownership rate	37.2%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stillwater	Yale
Population	49,952 → 48,818 (-2.3%)	1,113 → 1,054 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$34,309 → $42,015 (+22.5%)	$27,448 → $38,462 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$184,900 → $230,900 (+24.9%)	$63,600 → $84,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $944 (+13.5%)	$700 → $848 (+21.1%)

Stillwater

Population

49,95248,818

Median household income

$34,309$42,015

Median home value

$184,900$230,900

Median gross rent

$832$944

Yale

Population

1,1131,054

Median household income

$27,448$38,462

Median home value

$63,600$84,700

Median gross rent

$700$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stillwater	Yale
Under 5	4.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	39.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	14.3%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stillwater	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	78.7%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	2.2%
Asian	6.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stillwater	Yale
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stillwater	Yale
Drove alone	74.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	13.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stillwater	Yale
1-unit, detached	50.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	13.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Stillwater	Yale
Poverty rate	29.4%	38.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1984	1970