Catoosa vs Oologah

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

Catoosa and Oologah 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 1,766 in Oologah). Oologah has the higher median household income ($83,977 vs $70,875 in Catoosa). Oologah has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $169,000 in Catoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Catoosa	Oologah
Population	7,631	1,766
Median age	37.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,875	$83,977
Median home value	$169,000	$186,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	$942
Housing units	3,203	744
Homeownership rate	62.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catoosa	Oologah
Population	7,705 → 7,631 (-1.0%)	1,174 → 1,766 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$53,359 → $70,875 (+32.8%)	$58,854 → $83,977 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $169,000 (+49.6%)	$131,900 → $186,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,063 (+16.7%)	$874 → $942 (+7.8%)

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

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)

	Catoosa	Oologah
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catoosa	Oologah
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.6%	18.9%
Asian	2.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catoosa	Oologah
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catoosa	Oologah
Drove alone	81.0%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catoosa	Oologah
1-unit, detached	65.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	14.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Catoosa	Oologah
Poverty rate	14.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1986	1991