Carter County vs Grady County

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

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

Grady County has the higher population (55,868 vs 48,255 in Carter County). Grady County has the higher median household income ($75,730 vs $58,856 in Carter County). Grady County has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $153,500 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Grady County
Population	48,255	55,868
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,856	$75,730
Median home value	$153,500	$187,900
Median gross rent	$945	$874
Housing units	21,619	23,332
Homeownership rate	67.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Grady County
Population	48,319 → 48,255 (-0.1%)	55,071 → 55,868 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$51,419 → $58,856 (+14.5%)	$60,875 → $75,730 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $153,500 (+35.8%)	$134,300 → $187,900 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $945 (+22.3%)	$717 → $874 (+21.9%)

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

Grady County

Population

55,07155,868

Median household income

$60,875$75,730

Median home value

$134,300$187,900

Median gross rent

$717$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Grady County
Under 5	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.1%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Grady County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.9%	3.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.4%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Grady County
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Grady County
Drove alone	79.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Grady County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Grady County
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1977	1981