Caddo County vs Custer County

A side-by-side comparison of Caddo County and Custer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Custer County has the higher population (28,332 vs 26,626 in Caddo County). Custer County has the higher median household income ($57,562 vs $52,817 in Caddo County). Custer County has the higher median home value ($177,000 vs $109,900 in Caddo County).

Population, income & housing

	Caddo County	Custer County
Population	26,626	28,332
Median age	37.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,817	$57,562
Median home value	$109,900	$177,000
Median gross rent	$715	$779
Housing units	11,577	12,946
Homeownership rate	70.3%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caddo County	Custer County
Population	29,242 → 26,626 (-8.9%)	29,152 → 28,332 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$46,592 → $52,817 (+13.4%)	$49,900 → $57,562 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $109,900 (+29.4%)	$142,500 → $177,000 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $715 (+22.9%)	$728 → $779 (+7.0%)

Caddo County

Population

29,24226,626

Median household income

$46,592$52,817

Median home value

$84,900$109,900

Median gross rent

$582$715

Custer County

Population

29,15228,332

Median household income

$49,900$57,562

Median home value

$142,500$177,000

Median gross rent

$728$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caddo County	Custer County
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	16.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caddo County	Custer County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	66.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.5%	4.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caddo County	Custer County
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	46.5%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caddo County	Custer County
Drove alone	81.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caddo County	Custer County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Caddo County	Custer County
Poverty rate	19.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1977