Chelsea vs Claremore

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

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

Claremore has the higher population (19,921 vs 1,862 in Chelsea). Claremore has the higher median household income ($57,120 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Claremore has the higher median home value ($172,500 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Claremore
Population	1,862	19,921
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,875	$57,120
Median home value	$101,300	$172,500
Median gross rent	$756	$978
Housing units	927	8,541
Homeownership rate	57.8%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Claremore
Population	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)	18,753 → 19,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)	$46,295 → $57,120 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)	$124,200 → $172,500 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)	$855 → $978 (+14.4%)

Chelsea

Population

2,0531,862

Median household income

$36,375$42,875

Median home value

$79,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$686$756

Claremore

Population

18,75319,921

Median household income

$46,295$57,120

Median home value

$124,200$172,500

Median gross rent

$855$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Claremore
Under 5	7.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.6%
75 and over	5.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Claremore
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.8%	17.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	13.1%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Claremore
No high school diploma	16.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Claremore
Drove alone	76.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Claremore
1-unit, detached	74.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Claremore
Poverty rate	25.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1972	1982