Atoka County vs Murray County

A side-by-side comparison of Atoka County and Murray County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atoka County has the higher population (14,255 vs 13,807 in Murray County). Murray County has the higher median household income ($61,904 vs $52,034 in Atoka County). Murray County has the higher median home value ($154,900 vs $138,000 in Atoka County).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka County	Murray County
Population	14,255	13,807
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,034	$61,904
Median home value	$138,000	$154,900
Median gross rent	$708	$859
Housing units	6,015	6,546
Homeownership rate	75.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka County	Murray County
Population	13,823 → 14,255 (+3.1%)	13,946 → 13,807 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$39,316 → $52,034 (+32.3%)	$52,478 → $61,904 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $138,000 (+34.1%)	$127,000 → $154,900 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $708 (+27.8%)	$698 → $859 (+23.1%)

Atoka County

Population

13,82314,255

Median household income

$39,316$52,034

Median home value

$102,900$138,000

Median gross rent

$554$708

Murray County

Population

13,94613,807

Median household income

$52,478$61,904

Median home value

$127,000$154,900

Median gross rent

$698$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka County	Murray County
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.4%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka County	Murray County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	69.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.1%	12.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.4%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka County	Murray County
No high school diploma	16.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka County	Murray County
Drove alone	78.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	3.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka County	Murray County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Atoka County	Murray County
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1984	1980