Carter County vs Osage County

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

Carter County and Osage 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 45,963 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($60,482 vs $58,856 in Carter County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $153,500 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Osage County
Population	48,255	45,963
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,856	$60,482
Median home value	$153,500	$172,300
Median gross rent	$945	$786
Housing units	21,619	19,801
Homeownership rate	67.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Osage County
Population	48,319 → 48,255 (-0.1%)	47,226 → 45,963 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$51,419 → $58,856 (+14.5%)	$49,103 → $60,482 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $153,500 (+35.8%)	$118,600 → $172,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $945 (+22.3%)	$715 → $786 (+9.9%)

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

Osage County

Population

47,22645,963

Median household income

$49,103$60,482

Median home value

$118,600$172,300

Median gross rent

$715$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Osage County
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.4%
75 and over	6.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	62.2%
Black or African American	5.8%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.9%	10.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.4%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Osage County
No high school diploma	12.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Osage County
Drove alone	79.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Osage County
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1977	1980