Cherokee County vs Osage County

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

Cherokee 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.

Cherokee County has the higher population (47,621 vs 45,963 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($60,482 vs $53,668 in Cherokee County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $160,300 in Cherokee County).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee County	Osage County
Population	47,621	45,963
Median age	37.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,668	$60,482
Median home value	$160,300	$172,300
Median gross rent	$803	$786
Housing units	22,273	19,801
Homeownership rate	65.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee County	Osage County
Population	48,664 → 47,621 (-2.1%)	47,226 → 45,963 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$42,774 → $53,668 (+25.5%)	$49,103 → $60,482 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $160,300 (+35.8%)	$118,600 → $172,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $803 (+20.6%)	$715 → $786 (+9.9%)

Cherokee County

Population

48,66447,621

Median household income

$42,774$53,668

Median home value

$118,000$160,300

Median gross rent

$666$803

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)

	Cherokee County	Osage County
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.4%
75 and over	7.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	31.8%	10.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	12.9%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee County	Osage County
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee County	Osage County
Drove alone	75.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	65.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee County	Osage County
Poverty rate	19.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1988	1980