Caddo County vs Ottawa County

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

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

Ottawa County has the higher population (30,360 vs 26,626 in Caddo County). Caddo County has the higher median household income ($52,817 vs $48,656 in Ottawa County). Ottawa County has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $109,900 in Caddo County).

Population, income & housing

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
Population	26,626	30,360
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,817	$48,656
Median home value	$109,900	$114,300
Median gross rent	$715	$764
Housing units	11,577	13,695
Homeownership rate	70.3%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
Population	29,242 → 26,626 (-8.9%)	31,454 → 30,360 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$46,592 → $52,817 (+13.4%)	$39,872 → $48,656 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $109,900 (+29.4%)	$86,300 → $114,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $715 (+22.9%)	$677 → $764 (+12.9%)

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

Ottawa County

Population

31,45430,360

Median household income

$39,872$48,656

Median home value

$86,300$114,300

Median gross rent

$677$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	62.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.5%	18.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.5%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
No high school diploma	13.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	46.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
Drove alone	81.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Caddo County	Ottawa County
Poverty rate	19.0%	20.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1972	1974