Chelsea vs Oologah

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

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

Chelsea has the higher population (1,862 vs 1,766 in Oologah). Oologah has the higher median household income ($83,977 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Oologah has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Oologah
Population	1,862	1,766
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,875	$83,977
Median home value	$101,300	$186,100
Median gross rent	$756	$942
Housing units	927	744
Homeownership rate	57.8%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Oologah
Population	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)	1,174 → 1,766 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)	$58,854 → $83,977 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)	$131,900 → $186,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)	$874 → $942 (+7.8%)

Chelsea

Population

2,0531,862

Median household income

$36,375$42,875

Median home value

$79,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$686$756

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)

	Chelsea	Oologah
Under 5	7.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.3%
75 and over	5.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Oologah
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.8%	18.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Oologah
No high school diploma	16.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	48.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Oologah
Drove alone	76.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Oologah
1-unit, detached	74.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Oologah
Poverty rate	25.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1972	1991