Choctaw County vs Murray County

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

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

Choctaw County has the higher population (14,299 vs 13,807 in Murray County). Murray County has the higher median household income ($61,904 vs $45,456 in Choctaw County). Murray County has the higher median home value ($154,900 vs $119,700 in Choctaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw County	Murray County
Population	14,299	13,807
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,456	$61,904
Median home value	$119,700	$154,900
Median gross rent	$676	$859
Housing units	7,115	6,546
Homeownership rate	65.7%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw County	Murray County
Population	14,807 → 14,299 (-3.4%)	13,946 → 13,807 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$34,489 → $45,456 (+31.8%)	$52,478 → $61,904 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $119,700 (+23.7%)	$127,000 → $154,900 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $676 (+18.8%)	$698 → $859 (+23.1%)

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

Murray County

Population

13,94613,807

Median household income

$52,478$61,904

Median home value

$127,000$154,900

Median gross rent

$698$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw County	Murray County
Under 5	7.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.4%
75 and over	8.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw County	Murray County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	69.6%
Black or African American	9.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.8%	12.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw County	Murray County
No high school diploma	13.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw County	Murray County
Drove alone	78.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw County	Murray County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw County	Murray County
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1981	1980