Bushyhead vs Oologah

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

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

Oologah has the higher population (1,766 vs 1,253 in Bushyhead). Oologah has the higher median household income ($83,977 vs $48,798 in Bushyhead). Oologah has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $118,800 in Bushyhead).

Population, income & housing

	Bushyhead	Oologah
Population	1,253	1,766
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,798	$83,977
Median home value	$118,800	$186,100
Median gross rent	$785	$942
Housing units	578	744
Homeownership rate	81.3%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushyhead	Oologah
Population	1,280 → 1,253 (-2.1%)	1,174 → 1,766 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$47,950 → $48,798 (+1.8%)	$58,854 → $83,977 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $118,800 (+19.9%)	$131,900 → $186,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $785 (+13.9%)	$874 → $942 (+7.8%)

Bushyhead

Population

1,2801,253

Median household income

$47,950$48,798

Median home value

$99,100$118,800

Median gross rent

$689$785

Oologah

Population

1,1741,766

Median household income

$58,854$83,977

Median home value

$131,900$186,100

Median gross rent

$874$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushyhead	Oologah
Under 5	5.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	3.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushyhead	Oologah
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	18.9%
Asian	3.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushyhead	Oologah
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	55.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushyhead	Oologah
Drove alone	76.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushyhead	Oologah
1-unit, detached	50.2%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	44.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bushyhead	Oologah
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1990	1991