Claremore vs Oologah

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

Claremore and Oologah 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 1,766 in Oologah). Oologah has the higher median household income ($83,977 vs $57,120 in Claremore). Oologah has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $172,500 in Claremore).

Population, income & housing

	Claremore	Oologah
Population	19,921	1,766
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,120	$83,977
Median home value	$172,500	$186,100
Median gross rent	$978	$942
Housing units	8,541	744
Homeownership rate	54.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremore	Oologah
Population	18,753 → 19,921 (+6.2%)	1,174 → 1,766 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$46,295 → $57,120 (+23.4%)	$58,854 → $83,977 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $172,500 (+38.9%)	$131,900 → $186,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $978 (+14.4%)	$874 → $942 (+7.8%)

Claremore

Population

18,75319,921

Median household income

$46,295$57,120

Median home value

$124,200$172,500

Median gross rent

$855$978

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)

	Claremore	Oologah
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.3%
75 and over	9.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremore	Oologah
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.1%	18.9%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremore	Oologah
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremore	Oologah
Drove alone	78.0%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremore	Oologah
1-unit, detached	70.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	14.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Claremore	Oologah
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1982	1991