Catoosa vs Chelsea

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

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

Catoosa has the higher population (7,631 vs 1,862 in Chelsea). Catoosa has the higher median household income ($70,875 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Catoosa has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Catoosa	Chelsea
Population	7,631	1,862
Median age	37.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,875	$42,875
Median home value	$169,000	$101,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$756
Housing units	3,203	927
Homeownership rate	62.1%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catoosa	Chelsea
Population	7,705 → 7,631 (-1.0%)	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$53,359 → $70,875 (+32.8%)	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $169,000 (+49.6%)	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,063 (+16.7%)	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)

Catoosa

Population

7,7057,631

Median household income

$53,359$70,875

Median home value

$113,000$169,000

Median gross rent

$911$1,063

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)

	Catoosa	Chelsea
Under 5	5.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.6%
75 and over	7.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catoosa	Chelsea
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	60.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.6%	23.8%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catoosa	Chelsea
No high school diploma	12.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catoosa	Chelsea
Drove alone	81.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catoosa	Chelsea
1-unit, detached	65.5%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Catoosa	Chelsea
Poverty rate	14.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1986	1972