Adair County vs Pawnee County

A side-by-side comparison of Adair County and Pawnee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adair County and Pawnee County are counties in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adair County has the higher population (19,595 vs 15,689 in Pawnee County). Pawnee County has the higher median household income ($57,551 vs $48,028 in Adair County). Pawnee County has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $111,500 in Adair County).

Population, income & housing

	Adair County	Pawnee County
Population	19,595	15,689
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,028	$57,551
Median home value	$111,500	$125,700
Median gross rent	$650	$872
Housing units	8,123	7,337
Homeownership rate	68.0%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair County	Pawnee County
Population	22,220 → 19,595 (-11.8%)	16,412 → 15,689 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$34,695 → $48,028 (+38.4%)	$48,009 → $57,551 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $111,500 (+27.3%)	$92,900 → $125,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $650 (+15.9%)	$741 → $872 (+17.7%)

Adair County

Population

22,22019,595

Median household income

$34,695$48,028

Median home value

$87,600$111,500

Median gross rent

$561$650

Pawnee County

Population

16,41215,689

Median household income

$48,009$57,551

Median home value

$92,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$741$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair County	Pawnee County
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.7%
75 and over	6.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair County	Pawnee County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	41.1%	8.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	11.2%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair County	Pawnee County
No high school diploma	17.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair County	Pawnee County
Drove alone	79.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair County	Pawnee County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Adair County	Pawnee County
Poverty rate	21.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1982	1977