Bryan County vs Carter County

A side-by-side comparison of Bryan County and Carter County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carter County has the higher population (48,255 vs 47,237 in Bryan County). Carter County has the higher median household income ($58,856 vs $54,280 in Bryan County). Bryan County has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $153,500 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Bryan County	Carter County
Population	47,237	48,255
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,280	$58,856
Median home value	$163,700	$153,500
Median gross rent	$914	$945
Housing units	20,605	21,619
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryan County	Carter County
Population	46,457 → 47,237 (+1.7%)	48,319 → 48,255 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$44,212 → $54,280 (+22.8%)	$51,419 → $58,856 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $163,700 (+39.4%)	$113,000 → $153,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $914 (+23.0%)	$773 → $945 (+22.3%)

Bryan County

Population

46,45747,237

Median household income

$44,212$54,280

Median home value

$117,400$163,700

Median gross rent

$743$914

Carter County

Population

48,31948,255

Median household income

$51,419$58,856

Median home value

$113,000$153,500

Median gross rent

$773$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryan County	Carter County
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryan County	Carter County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	67.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.4%	6.9%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.9%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryan County	Carter County
No high school diploma	12.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryan County	Carter County
Drove alone	80.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryan County	Carter County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Bryan County	Carter County
Poverty rate	17.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1988	1977