Bessie vs Dill City

A side-by-side comparison of Bessie and Dill City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dill City has the higher population (323 vs 275 in Bessie). Bessie has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $39,375 in Dill City). Bessie has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $36,700 in Dill City).

Population, income & housing

	Bessie	Dill City
Population	275	323
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$39,375
Median home value	$79,000	$36,700
Median gross rent	$958	$579
Housing units	120	198
Homeownership rate	78.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessie	Dill City
Population	163 → 275 (+68.7%)	414 → 323 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $49,000 (+33.6%)	$45,000 → $39,375 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $79,000 (+4.5%)	$42,000 → $36,700 (-12.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $958 (+25.6%)	$510 → $579 (+13.5%)

Bessie

Population

163275

Median household income

$36,667$49,000

Median home value

$75,600$79,000

Median gross rent

$763$958

Dill City

Population

414323

Median household income

$45,000$39,375

Median home value

$42,000$36,700

Median gross rent

$510$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessie	Dill City
Under 5	7.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	25.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	2.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	25.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.6%
75 and over	2.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessie	Dill City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessie	Dill City
No high school diploma	3.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	74.6%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessie	Dill City
Drove alone	87.2%	88.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessie	Dill City
1-unit, detached	85.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bessie	Dill City
Poverty rate	15.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958