Chelsea vs Inola

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

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

Inola has the higher population (1,863 vs 1,862 in Chelsea). Inola has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Inola has the higher median home value ($170,400 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Inola
Population	1,862	1,863
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,875	$60,500
Median home value	$101,300	$170,400
Median gross rent	$756	$954
Housing units	927	751
Homeownership rate	57.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Inola
Population	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)	1,828 → 1,863 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)	$49,900 → $60,500 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)	$117,200 → $170,400 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)	$775 → $954 (+23.1%)

Chelsea

Population

2,0531,862

Median household income

$36,375$42,875

Median home value

$79,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$686$756

Inola

Population

1,8281,863

Median household income

$49,900$60,500

Median home value

$117,200$170,400

Median gross rent

$775$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Inola
Under 5	7.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Inola
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.8%	10.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	13.1%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Inola
No high school diploma	16.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Inola
Drove alone	76.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Inola
1-unit, detached	74.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Inola
Poverty rate	25.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977