Inola vs Oologah

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

Inola and Oologah 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 1,766 in Oologah). Oologah has the higher median household income ($83,977 vs $60,500 in Inola). Oologah has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $170,400 in Inola).

Population, income & housing

	Inola	Oologah
Population	1,863	1,766
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,500	$83,977
Median home value	$170,400	$186,100
Median gross rent	$954	$942
Housing units	751	744
Homeownership rate	72.4%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inola	Oologah
Population	1,828 → 1,863 (+1.9%)	1,174 → 1,766 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$49,900 → $60,500 (+21.2%)	$58,854 → $83,977 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $170,400 (+45.4%)	$131,900 → $186,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $954 (+23.1%)	$874 → $942 (+7.8%)

Inola

Population

1,8281,863

Median household income

$49,900$60,500

Median home value

$117,200$170,400

Median gross rent

$775$954

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)

	Inola	Oologah
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inola	Oologah
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.1%	18.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inola	Oologah
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inola	Oologah
Drove alone	83.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inola	Oologah
1-unit, detached	80.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Inola	Oologah
Poverty rate	8.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1977	1991