Rocky vs Sentinel

A side-by-side comparison of Rocky and Sentinel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sentinel has the higher population (930 vs 242 in Rocky). Sentinel has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $62,143 in Rocky). Sentinel has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $70,400 in Rocky).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky	Sentinel
Population	242	930
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,143	$105,000
Median home value	$70,400	$108,700
Median gross rent	$1,109	$700
Housing units	75	520
Homeownership rate	78.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	26.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky	Sentinel
Population	140 → 242 (+72.9%)	825 → 930 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $62,143 (+50.6%)	$52,333 → $105,000 (+100.6%)
Median home value	$40,600 → $70,400 (+73.4%)	$58,900 → $108,700 (+84.6%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $1,109 (+48.9%)	$568 → $700 (+23.2%)

Rocky

Population

140242

Median household income

$41,250$62,143

Median home value

$40,600$70,400

Median gross rent

$745$1,109

Sentinel

Population

825930

Median household income

$52,333$105,000

Median home value

$58,900$108,700

Median gross rent

$568$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky	Sentinel
Under 5	13.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	1.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	6.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	41.7%	23.4%
75 and over	0.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky	Sentinel
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky	Sentinel
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	69.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky	Sentinel
Drove alone	85.9%	53.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.2%
Other means	1.6%	33.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky	Sentinel
1-unit, detached	94.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Rocky	Sentinel
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.9%
Average household size	4.65	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1938	1967