Shawnee vs Tecumseh

A side-by-side comparison of Shawnee and Tecumseh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shawnee has the higher population (31,511 vs 6,320 in Tecumseh). Shawnee has the higher median household income ($54,281 vs $46,352 in Tecumseh). Shawnee has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $107,600 in Tecumseh).

Population, income & housing

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
Population	31,511	6,320
Median age	35.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,281	$46,352
Median home value	$147,800	$107,600
Median gross rent	$912	$824
Housing units	13,641	2,593
Homeownership rate	57.3%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
Population	31,235 → 31,511 (+0.9%)	6,643 → 6,320 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$40,473 → $54,281 (+34.1%)	$45,025 → $46,352 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $147,800 (+34.9%)	$90,500 → $107,600 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $912 (+30.8%)	$793 → $824 (+3.9%)

Shawnee

Population

31,23531,511

Median household income

$40,473$54,281

Median home value

$109,600$147,800

Median gross rent

$697$912

Tecumseh

Population

6,6436,320

Median household income

$45,025$46,352

Median home value

$90,500$107,600

Median gross rent

$793$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	13.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	67.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.8%	15.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
No high school diploma	10.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
Drove alone	82.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
1-unit, detached	78.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Shawnee	Tecumseh
Poverty rate	20.5%	19.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1973	1976