Bartlesville vs Dewey

A side-by-side comparison of Bartlesville and Dewey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bartlesville has the higher population (37,559 vs 3,388 in Dewey). Bartlesville has the higher median household income ($59,457 vs $42,940 in Dewey). Bartlesville has the higher median home value ($154,900 vs $117,600 in Dewey).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlesville	Dewey
Population	37,559	3,388
Median age	36.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,457	$42,940
Median home value	$154,900	$117,600
Median gross rent	$905	$939
Housing units	16,747	1,594
Homeownership rate	68.2%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlesville	Dewey
Population	36,412 → 37,559 (+3.2%)	3,422 → 3,388 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$54,778 → $59,457 (+8.5%)	$42,071 → $42,940 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $154,900 (+25.7%)	$77,400 → $117,600 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $905 (+21.6%)	$698 → $939 (+34.5%)

Bartlesville

Population

36,41237,559

Median household income

$54,778$59,457

Median home value

$123,200$154,900

Median gross rent

$744$905

Dewey

Population

3,4223,388

Median household income

$42,071$42,940

Median home value

$77,400$117,600

Median gross rent

$698$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlesville	Dewey
Under 5	7.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.0%
75 and over	8.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlesville	Dewey
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	65.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	14.3%
Asian	2.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlesville	Dewey
No high school diploma	8.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlesville	Dewey
Drove alone	74.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	14.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlesville	Dewey
1-unit, detached	79.6%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bartlesville	Dewey
Poverty rate	15.5%	26.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1969	1958