Choctaw County vs Kingfisher County

A side-by-side comparison of Choctaw County and Kingfisher County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kingfisher County has the higher population (15,288 vs 14,299 in Choctaw County). Kingfisher County has the higher median household income ($70,617 vs $45,456 in Choctaw County). Kingfisher County has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $119,700 in Choctaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
Population	14,299	15,288
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,456	$70,617
Median home value	$119,700	$206,400
Median gross rent	$676	$915
Housing units	7,115	6,426
Homeownership rate	65.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
Population	14,807 → 14,299 (-3.4%)	15,694 → 15,288 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$34,489 → $45,456 (+31.8%)	$57,777 → $70,617 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $119,700 (+23.7%)	$144,700 → $206,400 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $676 (+18.8%)	$788 → $915 (+16.1%)

Choctaw County

Population

14,80714,299

Median household income

$34,489$45,456

Median home value

$96,800$119,700

Median gross rent

$569$676

Kingfisher County

Population

15,69415,288

Median household income

$57,777$70,617

Median home value

$144,700$206,400

Median gross rent

$788$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	73.2%
Black or African American	9.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.8%	2.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
No high school diploma	13.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	39.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
Drove alone	78.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	8.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw County	Kingfisher County
Poverty rate	22.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1981	1977