Chelsea vs Verdigris

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

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

Verdigris has the higher population (5,502 vs 1,862 in Chelsea). Verdigris has the higher median household income ($81,406 vs $42,875 in Chelsea). Verdigris has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $101,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Verdigris
Population	1,862	5,502
Median age	32.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,875	$81,406
Median home value	$101,300	$215,400
Median gross rent	$756	$1,233
Housing units	927	2,073
Homeownership rate	57.8%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Verdigris
Population	2,053 → 1,862 (-9.3%)	4,460 → 5,502 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$36,375 → $42,875 (+17.9%)	$69,650 → $81,406 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $101,300 (+28.2%)	$159,600 → $215,400 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $756 (+10.2%)	$1,007 → $1,233 (+22.4%)

Chelsea

Population

2,0531,862

Median household income

$36,375$42,875

Median home value

$79,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$686$756

Verdigris

Population

4,4605,502

Median household income

$69,650$81,406

Median home value

$159,600$215,400

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Verdigris
Under 5	7.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.9%
75 and over	5.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Verdigris
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.8%	10.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Verdigris
No high school diploma	16.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Verdigris
Drove alone	76.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	12.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Verdigris
1-unit, detached	74.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Verdigris
Poverty rate	25.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1972	2002