Bushyhead vs Chelsea

A side-by-side comparison of Bushyhead and Chelsea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (1,862 vs 1,253 in Bushyhead). Bushyhead has the higher median household income ($48,798 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Bushyhead has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
Population	1,253	1,862
Median age	40.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,798	$42,875
Median home value	$118,800	$101,300
Median gross rent	$785	$756
Housing units	578	927
Homeownership rate	81.3%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
Population	1,280 → 1,253 (-2.1%)	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$47,950 → $48,798 (+1.8%)	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $118,800 (+19.9%)	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $785 (+13.9%)	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)

Bushyhead

Population

1,2801,253

Median household income

$47,950$48,798

Median home value

$99,100$118,800

Median gross rent

$689$785

Chelsea

Population

2,0531,862

Median household income

$36,375$42,875

Median home value

$79,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$686$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
Under 5	5.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.6%
75 and over	3.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	23.8%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
No high school diploma	7.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	55.6%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
Drove alone	76.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
1-unit, detached	50.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.8%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Bushyhead	Chelsea
Poverty rate	9.1%	25.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1990	1972