Inola vs Verdigris

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

Inola 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 1,863 in Inola). Verdigris has the higher median household income ($81,406 vs $60,500 in Inola). Verdigris has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $170,400 in Inola).

Population, income & housing

	Inola	Verdigris
Population	1,863	5,502
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,500	$81,406
Median home value	$170,400	$215,400
Median gross rent	$954	$1,233
Housing units	751	2,073
Homeownership rate	72.4%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inola	Verdigris
Population	1,828 → 1,863 (+1.9%)	4,460 → 5,502 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$49,900 → $60,500 (+21.2%)	$69,650 → $81,406 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $170,400 (+45.4%)	$159,600 → $215,400 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $954 (+23.1%)	$1,007 → $1,233 (+22.4%)

Inola

Population

1,8281,863

Median household income

$49,900$60,500

Median home value

$117,200$170,400

Median gross rent

$775$954

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)

	Inola	Verdigris
Under 5	6.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.9%
75 and over	8.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inola	Verdigris
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	72.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.1%	10.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inola	Verdigris
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inola	Verdigris
Drove alone	83.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inola	Verdigris
1-unit, detached	80.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Inola	Verdigris
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1977	2002